Salutations March 2024

Spring means hope with all the risks hope brings.

Salutations February 2024

Birthday month - that's how we think of February. My guy on the 8th, our daughter-in-law's on the 20th, mine on the 21st. Throw in two January b-days we often don't get around to celebrating till February, Valentine's Day, and we don't celebrate again till Christmas. Not with gifts anyway. We do however celebrate any

Salutations, January 2024

Greetings from the house where Christmas still lives. Yes, our (real!) tree still lights the living room. I planned to take it down over the coming weekend, but it's a lovely tree, so what's the hurry? It's not even shedding needles. Yet. I'm still pondering goals for this new year too, though just this week,

Salutations: Remembering Barb

Some time back, I started looking for role models. I especially sought women from whom I might learn to age well. Women who were smart, active, and involved with the world - all things I wanted to be. Then I joined our book club and found the best role models I could ever ask for.

Salutations, December 2023 (Again)

I know. You already saw Salutations for December. No, I do not plan to post my newsletter twice a month. Please. You know I struggle to get it out once in a month. But here's my first attempt to meet that once-a-month goal in shorter, more frequent posts. And what better time than this lull-ish time

Salutations & Greetings, December 2023

My holiday greetings to you!

Salutations: Look UP!

That's right, friends. My latest novel Look Up! has hit the shelves! And I've made it FREE for friends and family through December 22, 2023 at midnight. Get it here! In Look Up! Shirley 'Lee' Hoffman - a minor character from my debut novel Come Back - heads to Washington, DC because life back in Freedom,

Salutations October-November, 2023

Excuse time: I've been busy? I know, it's lame. But true. Well. I'm discovering there's a big difference between what busy looks like at my age versus what it used to look like. But still. Here's what's kept me busy. Making Stuff Up! (Drum-roll please!) It's here! Look Up! launches (softly) Dec 15 (gulp!) Why

Salutations: Remembering Betsy and Her Art

Preparing to launch a book is usually a happy and exciting - also scary - time. So it has been as I've worked over the last twelve months to take a third draft and make it shine. I really thought it was ready last fall - until a group of young beta readers convinced me,

Salutations August-September, 2023

What? October's here? Already? No. Tell me it isn't so! Except, the weather's been summery three days into the month, and we've got stuff to celebrate: Our New Y is OPEN! And it is absolutely gorgeous! State-of-the art gorgeous is how Y staff describe our new facility. There's something for everyone - childcare, two gyms,