Odd Biology
Some thoughts on how unique our biology is; we are each uniquely beautiful. [...]
New Paperback Book!
New Release! Paperback version of "The Princess and the Swans" is now available! [...]
Spring Seeds
March 3, 2018 Spring Seeds Florida likes to tease our tropical plants a bit with a fake spring. It’s really the start of spring weather but we will have at least one more cold snap to remind us that we do participate briefly in the season the rest of the [...]
The Demon – (aka jab test)
March 2, 2018 The Demon (aka jab test) Well, it ended up that the evening of the day someone broke into our van and I got sick, it wasn’t just a fever and go thing. The fever didn’t want to go away (all my life low fever & cough might [...]
Danger in Daylight
February 19, 2018 Danger in Daylight I like to notice things, but sometimes, especially when I’m watching something more important (taking Lucas to the potty) I miss big things. Today we went to a local park to meet some friends and enjoy the afternoon. We had been there about an [...]
Garden Lesson
February 16, 2018 Garden Lesson Cold, actually cool (we’re in Florida, “cold” means less than 50 degrees), breezes attacked us. Winter means pruning roses, repotting figs, starting seeds in pots, and refreshing the soil in beds for spring sowing, all to prepare the garden for a new crop. Newness. Even [...]
Playtime Patterns
February 15, 2018 Playtime Patterns Normally, Lucas’ idea of “playing trains” is to build a train track with the little tykes track and run every vehicle with wheels on the tracks in a line saying encouraging bits as they crest the one hill. Lately, he has been making patterns. (This [...]
Creating Characters: Web of Deception
February 11, 2018 Creating Characters: Web of Deception The first of my epic fantasy novels to be published, Web of Deception, has some of my favorite characters. It took over seven years of development and several revisions to complete this work. I’m a bit of a perfectionist, so I never [...]
Creating Characters: Ann, Mary, and Susan
The secret to staying young is by having someone base a character on you! [...]
Creating Characters : Brantley Station Saga
February 8, 2018 Creating Characters: Brantley Station Saga One of the last set of characters I created were for a youth adventure series called “Brantley Station Saga.” This entire set was built off of one comment by my Dad. He was helping develop a website when he observed, “all of [...]