Liquid Gold

Remember those lemons I “borrowed” from my neighbor John? This weekend while working on my pie I noticed a few annoying black bugs flying around. I took out the trash and recycling, emptied the garbage disposal, ran the dishwasher and still, bzzz…...

Rocky Mountain Bound

I found this somewhere a year ago and keep re-reading from my journal. Smart, powerful, motivating words: The Four Agreements By Don Miguel Ruiz and Don Jose Ruiz 1. Be impeccable with your word: speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to...

Imperfect is Perfect

Soup for Lenten Supper at church. I reached out to an old friend a month or so ago. He was my confirmation minister, but left the ‘burbs to lead another United Methodist Church in Central Phoenix 15 years ago. The church is near my office, which is 20 miles from...

Enough

My goal is to read 40 books in 2008. I’m off to a chaotic start. The latest read was “Blue Clay People” by William Powers. I enjoyed his other book earlier this year and was excited to see my library carried this one. Four out of five bananas,...

On Writing: Editing a Novel

The Case of the Missing Ponytail It took me three years to complete a rough draft of my first novel, much of which I wrote under duress during a wicked breakup. Hot off the press, I sent the first copy to my father. {My dad has always been my writing inspiration, my...