Tag: writer's life
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A Winter Walk
I took my dogs and my gathering bag for a winter walk in the Bristlecone pine forest behind our house. Elk have been here, browsing among the aspen trees and taking an occasional taste of the soft, nutritious bark. We shared their path for a ways. The sun dropped low as we meandered along, looking…
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Summits
When life takes a turn, go with it or hit the guardrail — if there is one. Sometimes it goes so fast you must drift the corners or crash. Bump that guardrail and keep going. Skid to the edge of the cliff but hold on and keep climbing. Like the late Ken Block roaring up Pikes…
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Farewell, Polly, but never goodbye
We lost our dear Polly a couple weeks ago. She would have been thirteen years old later this month, a good long run for a Great Dane. She crossed the fabled Rainbow Bridge peacefully at home, in the grass under the sun, surrounded by those who loved her the most. While I can say I’m…
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19 Nature Quotes
Nature has shaped my heart and soul my entire life. I’ve always lived in it and with it, and to live without it is unthinkable. So naturally it’s a keystone of my fiction. Wild places are a main theme in all of my stories. Some characters like Tayla Lyon (Stop Down) find refuge and healing…
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New Release ~ For The Dead
Get yours on Kindle FREE for a limited time. Coauthored with TR Kerby (check out her amazing stories here). Besides writing, TR and I enjoy exploring old cemeteries and playing with dowsing rods — but who doesn’t? The question of how much energy, spiritual or otherwise, a pair of simple copper rods can detect was…
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New Release ~ Stop Down
I wanted to explore how much of our identity is associated with what we see in the mirror every day, and what would happen if that physical appearance was suddenly altered forever. And then because I’m me (and have no problem owning my off-kilter identity), things got weird after that. After a fire leaves wildlife…
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Book Notes
A few thoughts and updates from the tiny writing studio. I am in the final edits of a new novel. I know, it’s been a long time coming. So many life changes happened during the writing of this one. Some were incredible highs while others were major blows. The devastation of losing family members, the…
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Pupdemonium
It’s puppy land around here. You all know and love the magnificent Boone, now meet Davy. Boone was desperate for a playmate and my geriatric Great Dane was not interested. She’s still not, and is happy he has someone else to play with. Davy came home with us about three weeks ago at ten weeks…