Today I’m painting the guest room. Ah, my glamorous life.
Since moving in 20 months ago, we’ve painted every room…except this one. It’s purple. Dark purple. We tried to live with it, but about a month ago I said it had to go. It was one of those [...]

Some news articles just make me smile. This is one of them.
I somehow found this UPI story called Beachgoers in France Going Topless Less. The point is that with the rough economy, women are keeping their tops on at normally topless beaches. According to French academic Dr. Guy Fournier, the theory goes [...]

I’m leaving for San Francisco this afternoon.* I’ll be at the RWA conference all week and, depending on the internet access, will blog from there. In the meantime, here’s the photo of me in front of Iron Man at Comic-Con last weekend. Forgive the quality. It’s from a cellphone.

*Someone is staying [...]

I am ignoring the traffic and crowds and heading to the San Diego Convention Center for a day of Comic-Con. Never been there before. And, no, I will not be wearing a costume. Never going to happen. In fact, it will take a significant amount of self-censorship for me not to make fun [...]

Findings from a British survey earlier this year as reported in the Daily Mail:
Women stop reading serious literature and turn to ‘chick-lit’ after having children, research suggests.
Mothers were shown to swap novels and non- fiction for lighter reads including celebrity autobiographies by the likes of Victoria Beckham and Jordan.
Sixty per cent of mums admit they [...]

This is just the most fabulous summer photo ever:

It’s a pool in Penglai in Sichuan, western China.
And…wow. Just, wow.

‘Tis the season for movie viewing. Last year’s summer movie choices kind of…well, they sucked. I think this year is far better. Here’s a list of what I’ve seen so far.
In the theater:
-National Treasure II - I have an almost unnatural love for the National Treasure movies. Scary, I know. I [...]

My dad is alive and well and living with my mom in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. To this day I can’t watch the movie Commando - a movie I saw with him once on a lazy Sunday afternoon - without hearing his voice in my head say, “this is the damn dumbest thing.” It’s likely [...]

We are in New Jersey attending the wedding of our friends, Matt and Beth.* I could not find a photo of just the two of them, but here’s one from my book party for YOUR MOUTH DRIVES ME CRAZY. Matt is in the light blue and Beth is on the far right.

Congratulations!!!
*People are staying [...]