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Muddler blues

I am talking to my drink. Or perhaps I am talking to my muddler. The conversation goes something like this: “Come on. You’ve got to get more juice than that out of the lime. There you go. There you go.” I am saying these things out loud. I continue, “Oh no. I don’t think we […]

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Occasion to fall

I don’t jump into things. I haven’t jumped into a pool since the Reagan Administration. I used to love countinghow many steps I could clear on my best friend’s stoop, climbing ever higher each time, then jumping down, but that was during the Ford Administration, when I was four. But I was just on vacation, […]

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Hi, lovies!

I missed you! Did you miss me? I had an absolutely amazing time on my beach vacation. Didja notice I was gone? Apologies, but I know you’ll understand when I tell you that I had a zero-electronics policy on this vacation. I usually pre-write a bunch of posts and schedule them to publish each day […]

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If you ever want to go mad, try to figure out book sales

There’s a thing on Amazon called “Author Central” where you can check the sales of your book. It is an evil and soul-sucking place, but, like most evil and soul-sucking places, it holds a strange allure. So although I tell myself I’m not going to check it, I do. And I am usually unhappy afterwards. […]

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Instapanoramas

Okay, I promise you I have a busy life and lots of things to do, but, yes, I did just spend an hour playing with a panorama app for Instagram. For a long time I’d been wondering how the cool kids were making those panoramas on Instagram. If you’re an Instagrammer, you know that your […]

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Black Flowers White Lies

I know all the best people! One of the coolest things about being a writer is getting to know other writers and having a chance to get a sneak peek at their books before they officially hit the street. So I was tickled when Yvonne Ventresca (of the awesome“pandemic” book named, err… Pandemic) asked me […]

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My new obsession

Okay, so I’m not proud of this, but here it is: my new obsession is American Ninja Warrior. Yes, it’s cheesy as heck. Yes, the title makes no sense. But there’s something exhilarating about it. For the uninitiated, American Ninja Warrior is a television show in which super-fit people run through an obstacle course. I […]

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29 Gifts

I like to find ways to reconnect with goodness. This summer has been so peaceful and filled with love for me that I wanted to find a way to pass on the simple joy I’ve been feeling. That’s when I remembered a book my publisher gave me at a recent book event: 29 Gifts. Its […]

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A simple happy

These are what can rightly be called dog days of summer. In my part of the world, it’s “inside-the-oven” hot and muggy as heck. My garden is showing some signs of deep sighing. But summer is awesome, all shorts and the smell of sunscreen, and I’m trying to soak it all up before it’s sweater […]

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How’s your summer going?

These are what can rightly be called dog days of summer. In my part of the world, it’s “inside-the-oven” hot and muggy as heck. My garden is showing some signs of deep sighing. But summer is awesome, all shorts and the smell of sunscreen, and I’m trying to soak it all up before it’s sweater […]

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