Okay– so it’s no secret that I’m going under. That I’ve got a stack of deadlines on my computer that leave me tearful at least three times a week. That I’ve got kids in the house who need my attention, full time. That everybody is staying up until one in the morning, and not just… Read More

So, after hanging out with the girls today and going to the yarn store then coming home to watch Working Girl, I was ready to go with Mate for dinner and a movie. But, well, you read the title.  We had to come home after dinner so I could change, and I just wasn’t ready… Read More

So ZB is in Paris, and this evening I got this call: “Hi mom.  I’m a little homesick.” “Well, we miss you honey, but I hope you’re having fun.” “I’m using my roommate’s phone.  Can I talk to Squish?” I handed the phone to Squish, and what was going to be a long convo started…. Read More

We got up at 4 a.m. so we could leave Zoomboy at the airport at 5:30. He looked really grown up, but his last hug was really tight.  Mama’s been trying to keep it together all day.  It helps that we were REALLY busy. We left the airport around 6:00 and drove straight to San… Read More

Taken by Steve Parris, of Seattle  So, when I was little, my dad was a hippie– I’ve gone on about Brother Bus elsewhere, but one of the details I neglected there was that strung between the front and back of the car, right where a chauffeur would have a window on a limo, were two… Read More

So show one of the annual recital commenced tonight, and the following things occurred in no particular order: A.  I remembered why I should never work retail, because customer service is NOT my strong suit.  Witness when the woman came in a half an hour late and got in my face because I was busy… Read More

So, I’ll be honest. Jay (From Joyfully Jay’s) posted an absolutely adorable picture on Twitter, featuring herself wearing a scarf she’d made in Dragonfly Fibers.  She had very kind words about me as a knitting inspiration, and I felt very inadequate, because the scarf was amazing and because… Well, this is what I’m working on… Read More

And people were happy to see me. Even the furry ones. Chicken is trying to come to terms with the idea of a “va-cay-tion”– because it’s a foreign concept. Zoomboy is packing for Europe and getting ready for the dance recital. Squish is getting ready for the dance recital and looking forward to having her… Read More

So, for those of you new to the Little Goddess party, well, it’s been going on a long time. Vulnerable was my first published book and although I still have a few printed manuscripts for what were intended to be het Harlequins, Vulnerable is the book I consider my first. I self published it–and the… Read More

 I’m back in San Diego again. This time to see Chicken graduate. She’s tired, and doesn’t think she’s accomplished much. But in truth? We are so proud. Thanks, Rhys Ford, for being there to see my baby graduate, and for taking pictures and taking me to lunch when I was about to eat a really… Read More