Don’t Worry, Be Happy
"We experience moments absolutely free from worry. These brief respites are called panic." ~Cullen HightowerI was on the floor doing mandatory stretches for birthing class when I paused mid cat/cow to eavesdrop on the girl whose strident voice was asking
On the Precipice
As I stand on the precipice of 2012, I find that my entire life is changing as rapidly as my body is altering its form, yet I do not fear a thing. Part of it might be due to the
Towanda!
Whenever I wake up to go to the bathroom (again), and look over at my husband blissfully sleeping on his stomach with one leg hiked up like he’s leaping hurdles in his dreams, I feel like taking the gigantic pillow
The Christmas Cactus
At the end of June, one of the two 6 x 8 window panes in my husband’s and my apartment imploded from the torrential power of straight-line winds. Glass, acting like pieces of shrapnel, gouged the wood in our kitchen
Review of Pamela Beason’s Berkley Prime Crime Mystery, ENDANGERED
Endangered, the first mystery in Pamela Beason’s absorbing new series released in December 2011 by Berkley Prime Crime, focuses on the female Indiana Jonesesque protagonist Summer “Sam” Westin whose high-tech freelance job allows her to combine her love for photography and wildlife
The Great Mystery
It is impossible to imagine what our child will be like coming from parents so starkly contrasted in both personality and looks. I’ll go so far as to squint at my husband -- attempting to transplant his square shoulders and mountain-man scruffies
Author Renea Winchester Proves “Stress-Free Marketing” Is Not An Oxymoron
Shortly after Renea Winchester released her award winning book, In the Garden with Billy: Lessons About Life, Love & Tomatoes, she realized that publication was just the first rung on the ladder of writing success. Whether a book was traditionally or
Some Experiences Are Better In Hind Sight
Once my husband and I married, I decided to join him on his annual hunting trip to Wisconsin. I piled the floorboard at my feet with my laptop and books and we made the thirteen-hour drive. As we drew closer
Review of THE SISTERS, a novel by Nancy Jensen
Sacrifice misinterpreted as selfishness becomes the catalyst that drives two beloved sisters, Mabel and Bertie Fischer, apart in Nancy Jensen’s compelling, multi-generational debut novel, The Sisters, selected as the #1 Indie Next Pick for December 2011. Initially set in the rural
Talk About A Rude Awakening
My older brother was always the one who would wander the halls at night and was once found sleeping at the edge of the loft outside his bedroom; a ten foot fall my father had tried to prevent by shoving