At last, the promised book giveaway.
I pre-ordered Out of Time by Samatha Graves, then bought a copy off the shelf literally two days before Amazon.com finally sent my copy.
I gobbled it up in under 24 hours. Had the children not required feeding, transportation to school, and other such care, I’d have finished it in one […]

A Wiffer pointed me to this blog posting - the list is copied from Very Good Taste. It is a list they made of 100 things that they think every good omnivore should have tried once in their life. They have thoughtfully created links to a number of the stranger foods (I had to go […]

I have discovered something wonderful about my new toy iPhone… I’ve never been one to use the camera feature on my cell phone, the images just weren’t worth it. They’re still not great, but the iPhone makes it really easy to use.
Anyway, I was at the bookstore this past weekend when I broke down and […]

This morning I cooked my sons fried egg sandwiches and found this:

Apparently they’re very rare and the chicks will not hatch (they can’t acess the air pocket when there are two in the egg).  For way more info than you probably want, you can read Twin Yolks and Twin Chooks?
The kids thought it was pretty […]

I’ve been reading a lot of non-fiction in preparation for writing the next book this fall. The title of this post is one of these books (by Mary Roth Walsh - 1977).  Yes, its an old book, but I was after the historical stuff… She chronicles and examines the history of women becoming physicians from […]

As many of you know, I’ve recently moved. One ongoing debate about our new house is what we should do (or not do) about the fireplace in the kitchen. The last owners did some renovations and in the process the original kitchen became the family room and the family room became the kitchen. As such, […]

I’m still here. But my writing, including this blog, has slowed WAY down.

I was in the middle of moving.
But now the boxes are unpacked, curtains are up, and most of the pictures are hung (don’t ask about the cellar, we’re pretending its not there). Its time to start writing again.
I bravely sent out […]

Caryn is a fellow Wiffer whose blog I’ve been following closely. She also takes beautiful photos which she shares on her new photo blog. I even won my very first ever prize from a random drawing - an autographed copy of Jess Riley’s Driving Sideways. Given the online interviews that Caryn, […]

Last weekend my husband and I took our two boys (and the dog) to visit my parents. I grew up in the ‘Endless Mountains’ of Pennsylvania and as a teen lamented the lack of things “to do”.

My boys, however, think that a trip to grandma and grandpa’s house is a huge treat. This weekend, […]

Pam has tagged me, so here it is
Here are the rules:
1. Pick up the nearest book.
2. Open to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people and post a comment to the person who tagged you once you’ve posted your three sentences.
The closest book is Medically Important Fungi (my […]