Being Prepared = Redundancy You can ask my husband how I feel about redundancy when it comes to be prepared for any kind an emergency. He lovingly teases me about the myriad ways we can start a fire. Beyond having waterproof & stormproof matches, we have an...
Trials and Tribulations Offer Us Life Lessons, if We Look for Them. My hope is that when things become closer to normal from our current pandemic crisis, most people will do some soul searching about the topic of being prepared – or being more self-reliant. Too...
I love gardening. And I also love trying new Hacks. So it was a given that I wanted to try my hand at growing potatoes in a 5-gallon bucket. First, let me say that I have grown potatoes in the ground. In fact they are growing in my garden as I write this. But there...
If you read my Writing Tip: Why Writers Need an Online Presence Before the Book you understand why creating an online presence is a critical component for being an author in today’s technological world. Once you’ve accepted the reality of today’s writing world, the...
One of the biggest misconceptions writers have about beginning to create an online persona is believing their website has to be all about their books. So if they don’t have any books published yet, how could they possibly have a website—whatever would they talk...
Being outside in nature is the most basic part of who I am. Besides gaining knowledge about wildlife, I learn lessons about who I am, and surprise myself about what I am capable of achieving. Nature continually inspires me. It is a part of all my writings, no matter the genre or subject matter.
Being outside in nature is the most basic part of who I am. Besides gaining knowledge about wildlife, I learn lessons about who I am, and surprise myself about what I am capable of achieving. Nature continually inspires me. It is a part of all my writings, no matter the genre or subject matter. 
