The kids are officially back to school. Summer blew in like a whirlwind, grabbed my breath and took me on a ride. A fun ride, no complaints here. We went on a fun vacation, Deb and I finished our second novel, and got through part one on our third one,  had great parties, spent time […]

It all begins with a dream. A flickering idea that won’t sputter out, and instead simmers, bubbles and finally takes hold of you and won’t let go. The idea grows into a vision so bright that you feel as if you can reach out and grab it and poof it into being right then and […]

Sticky summer nights, the smell of Cracker Jacks and the drone of engines lined up like soldiers in the Drive-in movie theater. This was the playground of my family’s Saturday nights when I was a young girl growing up. A picnic of sandwiches, chips and soda-pop preceded the moment that we children considered the highlight […]