Sometimes when you give, expecting nothing in return, you receive a surprise. That’s what happened to me one holiday season. My two boys were just toddlers, and I (feeling guilty about cutting down trees for Christmas) had decided the year before, the only right...
We are fortunate here in the USA We can turn on a faucet and fresh, clean water comes out of the tap. Not so in most third world countries. But even here, most of us prefer to purify our water beyond what comes from the tap. Some people use the Brita Pitchers...
I read something today that made me sad. A young person I know quite well, posted a long list of elaborate reasons why he wouldn’t consider creating an online game right now, even though he has ideas and would like to. His reasons included the fact that “any idiot...
I know I’m not alone in this quest… …but sometimes it feels that way. That’s because no matter how many writers find success and try to show the rest of us the way, we still have to discover our own path – right? Ask any successful author what the defining...
My husband and I recently spent 12 days on a 3,000-mile road trip from San Diego to the Pacific Northwest and back. Driving through the drought-stricken countryside of California brought home the reality of the water shortages here in this state. What a contrast to...
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. 
