Thanksgiving

Saturday night started season 4 of the Pre-Emptive Strikes reign of glory. Or reign of too-much dinner followed by rented shoes and three games of hilarity. Your choice. A pretty fun cast of characters to spend a Saturday night with, I must admit. Next time I’ll...

Glow

I know, I know.  Another book post. We’ll get back to the knitting, cooking, traveling and the such soon. I need a couple more days of enjoying the after-glow.  Amanda — who edited the novel and took the back cover photo — also took a gorgeous...

Lunar

Did you notice last night was a full moon? Couldn’t have been coincidence. The “Under the Same Moon” signing brought more than a 100 of my friends and family under one roof, too. I honestly couldn’t believe how many people were there — my...

Fruitful Harvest

Did you know 1 in 3 children in Arizona is considered “hungry?” This is simply unacceptable to me. Remember when I tried to get that community garden off the ground, so to speak, in central Phoenix? Well, a few lessons were learned in the toil. Namely,...

Quailies!

I’m not talking about Quayle jr., who has started his political career in Arizona running on his family name and a penchant for white lies. No, no. I’m talking desert birds. Did you know these sweet creatures squeek? I was house-sitting this weekend for...

Cézanne

I recently visited the Cézanne exhibit at the Phoenix Art Museum with some friends. I’m not sure what it was about this show in particular that made me want to attend; I’ve never taken an art course, much less studied the great European artists. And yet I...