Thanksgiving is always the beginning of all the winter holidays for me. Since I used to always take the Christmas decorations down the day after Christmas, I've gotten in the habit of putting them up before Thanksgiving. It makes the house look so festive for guests who come for Thanksgiving dinner too. This year, our daughters and their families are coming for dinner on Wednesday evening. So … [Read more...]

Today's post will be short because I've been burning the midnight oil (which for me, is really the nine-o'clock oil ;) ) trying to get a book ready to go to press. I finally, finally wrote "The End" on the first book in a new series and sent the final chapters off to my editors and proofreaders (who have already been working on the early chapters). The idea for this series' titles came (as … [Read more...]