Years ago, I was heavily involved – nay, obsessed – with archery. With a strong draw and a good eye, I was (at one time) a fairly decent shot. I spent most weekends in 3-D competitions and most days in practice thinking about 3-D competition. But I didn’t just start out as a good shot. […]
So, my husband has been out of town all week. You wouldn’t know about that event because, despite being on Facebook and twitter and Instagram and all of the other sites where you are supposed to post every minute detail of your life, I don’t actually post anything about my life that’s super important until […]
I’m just a few days out from my first “virtual book tour” and I am both excited and nervous. This is an excerpt tour hosted by GoddessFish, which means I’ve just sent off a bunch of excerpts to some great blogs and they will be posting them along with a review of the book. It’s […]
This morning, as I sat in front of my desktop computer waiting for an update to load, I browsed through several blogs on my iPad, checked my email on my phone and suddenly realized something: I have become so connected that I am now disconnected. I have been so “connected” with social networking and websites […]
For those of you new to the Twitter network, there are a few tools you should be aware of, not the least of which is the Trends tab and the use of hashtags. This is one very basic look at the Trends feature and is designed for those brand new to using Twitter. To begin with, a trend […]
When it comes to defining moments, I have only a few. One of these took place at Sea World and it impacted my career choice of being a writer. I’ll tell you the ending before I tell you the beginning. The end is that I write every day because I want to, not because I […]
Each evening, I take maybe 20 minutes and read through a huge list of blogs. Those that catch my attention are read all the way through, others are glanced at, and still others will remain undiscovered (by me) forever. To accomplish this feat in a timely manner, I rely on Google Reader and Zite – […]
My entire life, I have labored under the illusion that conflict is a bad thing. I thought that if I could only eliminate conflict from my life, life would be easier. Even at my age (an age I never thought I would make), I still harbor thoughts that life is going to be simple and […]
Dear Phoenix, It’s now been 4 months and 11 days since we hit our first 100 degree day this year and quite frankly, I’ve had enough. I tried to make it work, I really did. But now I just can’t wait to be rid of you. Your ongoing assault of sunshine and relentless teasing […]
My formative years occurred during the tail end of the Cold War, so in addition to earthquake drills (since we lived on a fault line), we also had frequent “nuclear” drills. These drills consisted of exercises like “Duck and Cover” (we climbed under our desks and covered our heads), or “Basement Shelter Drills” (we formed […]
