Okay– I’m not sure if you all have noticed, but the west coast accidentally slid ONTO THE SURFACE OF THE SUN. I HATE heat waves.  I do.  For one thing, they make me feel like a cave dweller.  I huddle in the air conditioner like The Croods, and when I go outside it’s always a… Read More

So, every time I have a book release I have a dilemma with the blog.  Do I blog on my regular day (which would be today, at every two days) and then make a special blog for the actual story with all the links, or do I blog on the story release day with all… Read More

Squish, wearing the costume Ididn’t get to see. Omigod, am I glad that’s over with. Recital hits us every year, and every year, I wonder that I have something new to blog about.  This year is no different–yeah, I was backstage this year, but that only made the experience, uhm, richer somehow. Okay. It wasn’t… Read More

*  Your kids eat like locusts *  Except these locusts refuse to eat fresh fruit or fresh veggies, even if you’re buying *  They have a secret sixth sense for whenever you are going into nap, and suddenly it’s time to talk.  (This goes double for husbands who are jealous that you are suddenly spending… Read More

Happy Pewter Anniversary to Mate and me! Huzzah!  Hooray!  Can we sleep in? See, today may be our anniversary, but this weekend was the San Francisco Marathon, and Mate ran the half-course, so I got to be his plus-sized cheerleader on the sidelines. It was really a pretty wonderful time. We got to SF early… Read More

Okay– so wrapping up a series is hard.  I mean, really hard.  I had to put this book down three times– once for City Mouse, once for Bolt Hole and once for Racing for the Sun.  It was worth it– I think both those books were new territory for me and I’m proud of them,… Read More

Okay– so I figured out how I got out of it for all these years. I couldn’t figure it out.  Chicken has been with the dance place since she was a baby– literally, three years old, barely potty-trained, and passive aggressive as hell.  Anyway– she was a baby, and I volunteered for the recital– a… Read More

Chicken sent me this  and this which was kind of her because I’m OVERWHELMED with stuff to do, and nothing works better than being completely distracted from your real work by stuff that makes you happy. Wait… there’s a word for that, isn’t there.  What’s that word again… I don’t know… but I’m sure I’ll remember by… Read More

My computer is having trouble loading pictures, and if that doesn’t stop, well, my post is going to be way more boring than I’d planned. Anyway– today was the kids’ last day of school.  They were so excited– we picked them up and took them to buy a book and then took them for frozen… Read More

You Have to Live Honest~ Bob Dylan So I had a long conversation with my dad today–he was on his second Mike’s Hard Lemonade (or was it third) and was a little mellow and a little nostalgic, and he remembered some of his best moments as a nurse–and as a would-be patient–and I was reminded… Read More