• Book Release Day!!

    Today is the release of Putting the Fun in Funeral, book 1 of my Everyday Disasters series. Click the link to read the first chapter. I love this book. I had such a good time writing it. I let things…

  • Two Book Reviews

    I have been bad about reading lately. Can’t seem to finish things. But in the past few days I read two very fun books. One that’s been out quite awhile, the other that’s just coming out. Both romances, one paranormal,…

  • Asking for Money

    Hi Everybody. I’m here to ask for money. My daughter is starting High School and joining the Competitive Marching Band. They get to go do a lot of competitions and for the first time in the school’s history, they are…

  • Murder Trial Part II

    If you haven’t read part one and you want to, click here I left off last time having talked about the procedure of the courtroom and what I’d learned. Now I’ll move on to the evidence. The first person on…

  • Murder Trial Part 1

    I had occasion to attend a portion of a murder trial a couple months ago. My husband had to testify, called by the prosecution. More on that later. A man was on trial for murdering his estranged wife on February…

  • It’s been a hard few weeks

    It’s been tough at the Francis house for the last month or so. First there was a situation with my daughter at school. That’s ongoing but hopefully working out. Then one of our corgi boys died. We took him to…

  • A snippet

    Because the center cannot hold, a fun snippet: The snake venom from the magical snakes tended to have magical consequences, making their bites dangerous in whole new ways. Most people avoided the area, and those who traveled the river used…

  • What Diana Doesn’t Understand

    I’ve recently discovered that I don’t understand the rules of tug-o-war with the dog. I’m not the only one. Viggo doesn’t understand the rules either. Or maybe he doesn’t understand the point of the game. Either way, when Voodoo decides…

  • Definition of winning

    I’ve been sitting here this morning watching a Dr. Phil. An old one, a rerun from 2014. I don’t usually watch this show or other talk shows because generally they bore me or there’s too much drama. (A reason I…

  • Definition of winning

    I’ve been sitting here this morning watching a Dr. Phil. An old one, a rerun from 2014. I don’t usually watch this show or other talk shows because generally they bore me or there’s too much drama. (A reason I…