• A most happy and auspicious new year

    I want to wish you all a most happy New Year. I hope the best of last year is the worst of this year. I hope you find joy, bliss, pleasure, wonder, love, adventure, hope and miracles. I try not…

  • hanging out

    I’m going to be at the B&N coffee area at the Creekside B&N in Roseville at 1:00 today. That’s the one by the Galleria. Come on in and visit if you get the chance and are in the area!

  • Rolling in the Deep

    My mom is giving me her entire yarn stash. There’s a lot of it. I’m so happy. I’m such a yarn whore really. Now to start making stuff. A lot of it is pretty ordinary acrylic stuff, but there’s some…

  • Day after christmas

    Wow. What a lovely Christmas we had. Did you? First we had my in-laws over for a brunch (post stocking opening). It was lovely. They never really have done Christmas, and all their kids have moved out of state. Add…

  • Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays

    To all of you–friends and readers–my wish for you is that you have an absolutely gloriously happy day tomorrow and all through the New Year. May you enjoy your families and friends. To one all all, present and absent this…

  • Winter in CA

    Yep, we’ve arrived in CA. Yay! It’s green. There are flowers. I walked the dogs in shirtsleeves and went through this place with a bunch of oaks. It was fabulous. The trip was long and luckily not a ton of…

  • A moment of WTF

    Can anyone explain to me who goes door to door at night selling meat? Is this an occupation? How does one get into such a line of work? yes, someone tonight came by our house selling beef, pork and chicken.…

  • Shadow City reviews

    The first reviews are coming in on Shadow City. They are really great. (see author to happy dance!!!) But be warned, there are some spoilers. But if you want to read them anyhow, here you go: Review: Shadow City by…

  • I am a sucker

    In order to exercise, I tell myself to do 10 minutes. I do this knowing full well that I will try to go past that. But I will do 10 minutes and stop if I want. So I start. And…