Make A Good Choice Today

Ah, the holidays are upon us!  I’ve finally gotten away from stressing over shopping and presents (as my friends and family can attest!), and spend the holiday time enjoying folks. And eating.  Lots of eating.  Which makes me happy 🙂 Most of the time, I avoid sugar....

THANK YOU FOR YOUR KINDNESS

I have the very best friends on the planet.  Truly—the absolute world champions!  How blessed I am to have a handful of very close women, whose love for me is never in doubt.   And when I need them, do they ever come through! I’m pretty good at staying on track,...

ONE GRAPESTOMP AND TWO BOTTLES OF LIGHTCATCHER CHARDONNAY

Oh, I tell ya, having to do all this research for my new novel, set in a Texas vineyard, is just so tough.  But as they say, somebody’s gotta do it, and I volunteered me! So, I’m doing lots of things, getting hands-on experience in every way I can think of.  And I’ve...

4 WAYS TO EASE YOUR MIND

Sometimes stress gets the better of us (especially this time of year, with the holidays flying in fast!). We all at some point get anxious or sad or mad or any number of fear-based emotions. And then finding peace and happiness can be a trick for us all. Even the big...

THE JOY IS IN THE WRITING

Almost all writers do other gainful employment to put food on their tables. It’s just a fact of this business, along with most of the arts. The old statistic was that 3{6464318088dfd005ab448827a59cc6b2cc907b812a28fd79b32dfd5dcd883448} of published authors (meaning...

STUMBLING ON HAPPINESS

Okay, now, this really tweaked me. Researchers from Harvard Medical School and the University of California, San Diego, in a study with the British Medical Journal, found that if you’re happy, thank your friends and family network! The study showed that happiness...