Author of Pacific Northwest Love Stories
This weekend I watched “Gladiator” for probably the fifty-sixth time. I love that movie. It had been years since I’d last seen it, but watching it this time felt as if I were seeing it with new eyes. So many things struck me as poignant, especially in this day and age. So the hero Maximus is a natural – and…
Could you give up social media for a day? How about a week? What if you gave up social media…gulp…forever? Now that 2021 has arrived, I’ve started to review and revise many of my online practices. Sites I visit. Sources I trust. Privacy and preferences I need to review… (If you’d rather not read about internet privacy,…
If you subscribe to my monthly newsletter, you will have already read this post. If not, please enjoy. This December, instead of posting just my annual gift guide, I thought it would be interesting to take a look back through my phone and put together an essay of the year 2020, and what it was like living…
Dah da da dah daaaaaaaa! Here it is, my most favorite post of the year: the gift giving guide! This year is going to be a huge one for mail order retailers, right? Are any malls even open? It’s been so long since I’ve been to a mall, I honestly don’t know if I remember…
BOOKISH NEWS Recently I bit the bullet and sent out my unedited manuscript to my beta readers. It’s a scary thing, putting yourself out there for the world to see. I imagine it feels like walking around the grocery store without any clothes on. Everyone staring, everyone thinking thoughts about you. However, as tough as…
If you subscribe to my newsletter, you’ll know that I’ve had a bit of stage fright with respect to this new novel. You will also know that despite my fears, I have decided to go ahead with releasing it to my beta readers by the end of the month. Eek! As for the rest of…
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