Category Archives: Inspiration

So we had our first fish-fatality last night and first thing this morning I had to break it to the kids. My son panicked and went to check on the other two fish (who were fine, and in fact, partially responsible for the stress that killed the third fish). My daughter bawled her eyes out … Continue reading

From Post Secret

My popinjay photo this week came from a nearby cemetery that’s about two hundred years old. It’s a piece of Portland (a neighborhood in Louisville, KY) history (Portland originally was a city that grew up next to Louisville, then was swallowed by it.) Today I’m sharing a few more photos from St. John’s for history … Continue reading

The Witching Hour is one of about a dozen books that I reread every so often, thought I must admit usually I just read the sections on the history of the Mayfair Witches. When I picked it up this year (Futile Flame by Sam Stone sparked that need to reread) my husband asked why I … Continue reading

This is a BP post, so keep moving if you don’t want to hear it. So, long story short, a BP pipe has been gushing oil into the Gulf of Mexico for almost forever and BP has been reaction with the speed of a turtle on pause. Everything they have tried has failed, so now … Continue reading

This post is about the bad things, or at least the sad things, that many writers don’t ever talk about. No, I’m not maudlin at the moment, but being an author isn’t all sunshine and rainbow (or blood and guts, depending on what you write). -It doesn’t stop being a fight. You think it’s a … Continue reading