Thoughts on Thursday–Northwest, Part 2
First I’ve never recognized the winners from the blog tour. I waited until I heard from everyone. Thanks for participating; enjoy the gift cards. The winners are:...
View ArticleThoughts on Thursday, OMG! Give a Speech, Me?
In one of my many other lives, I taught speech in both middle and high school. Over the years I’ve had opportunities to speak to all sorts of groups in all kinds of situations: PTA and school board...
View ArticleThoughts on Thursday-Blog Hop-You Write How?
So this is a bit different from my usual postings which are more connected to what I’d call “Real Life.” Except when I became a PUBLISHED author, all things connected to writing morphed into my “Real...
View ArticleThanksgiving’s Over! Thoughts On Thursday
Dum-di-dum! The winner of an e-copy of VERMONT ESCAPE is commenter is Helena Fairfax. Let me know what format you’d like to receive the book, Helena. Thanks for all the comments. I had such a good...
View ArticleMolly Cannon at Tuesday Author Chats
Help me welcome Molly Cannon, a good friend, and fellow member of NTRWA. Molly’s been going gangbusters since her first book came out, and I’m super pleased to give you a chance to get to know her....
View ArticleHoliday Crazies–Thoughts on Thursday
(Tree, 2013) Four days until Christmas! Yikes! I still have a ton of things to do. You must to, whether you celebrate Christmas or Hanukkah (which came early this year) or Kwanza. Even if you don’t...
View ArticleSchool Shootings–Thoughts on Thursday
(Fort Worth Star Telegram, Wednesday, 1/15/14) We’ve had another school shooting. This one in New Mexico. A middle school student shot two other students with a shotgun. I’m sure you join me in praying...
View ArticlePAT 30th Anniversary Thoughts on Thursday
Last Thursday my good friend, Julie Miers, and I got on a plane bound for St. Louis, MO (where it was 3 degrees!) just for the day to participate in the 30th Anniversary of Parents as Teachers. PAT...
View ArticleSchools, Family, Friends, Connections
I’ve mentioned in my bio that I attended 10 schools before graduating from high school. My father was in the Air Force, and we moved around a lot, sometimes staying for only the summer before moving to...
View ArticleWeddings, Goats, and Radio
Wedding program and chocolate favor for guests. How do Weddings, Goats and Radio relate? Well let’s see if they do. Last weekend DH and I made a fast trip to Houston about 4 & 1/2 hours from our...
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