My favorite holiday is this week: Thanksgiving. It’s like the ultimate comfort food festival.
This will be the only post this week because leading up to Turkey Day, I’ve got a lot to do. I just want to tell you, my dear Mischies, that I’m so very thankful for you. My readership has always been small [...]

I’m not really posting for ‘Fess up Friday these days. Like a lot of people who give these blog events a try, I started out with a bang and I’m kind of fizzling out. I still want to do it, because it’s a great idea: Just talk about what you’ve written this week, anything, and [...]

Well, I didn’t burn down. I’m still here! I’m still here!
Worried that a fire would just suddenly ignite around the corner, I proceeded with my chocolate truffles. I know, it sounds silly. But as I said before, doing things that I really enjoy keeps my mind off of the all the bad stuff going on [...]

I’m lucky. I’m safe. No fires in my neck of the woods. But I woke up this morning to an awful smell - the smell of smoke that blew over from the two fires still burning here in Southern California. It’s a horrible smell. The smell of destruction. The smell of anger. It’s the smell [...]

I was just offered a tiny job, to read someone’s screenplay. For a small fee, I’m going to read the script twice, make notes of what works and what doesn’t work, whether the characters and their story are believable and evaluate the overall structure of the piece. Although I’m on a creative writing break (again, [...]

I was sitting my very sore body (from starting the “Hell On Earth Fitness Plan” - yes, Linda, I’m overdoing, so I doubt I’ll last on this plan) on the couch, watching the news when the regular program was interrupted. A huge brushfire had broken out over the northwestern section of Montecito, part of the [...]

Needless to say, I’m very happy with the outcome of the Presidential Election. But I’m also wiped out. I feel like I ran a marathon for 21 months. Now that I’ve crossed the finish line, I’m kind of at a loss. What will I do? Both candidates talked about change. Today’s podcast focuses on changes [...]

Okay. So I’m drawing a blank.
A few days before Halloween, I baked owl and bat cookies, but because of a last-minute job, I just couldn’t find the time to decorate them. Then there was that big thing that happened. You know. The, uh, whatsit…oh, yeah, the election. That certainly kept my attention for a [...]

What a rush! I’ve never been so excited to vote. I think a lot of people feel the same way.
I didn’t get much sleep last night at all. It rained heavily last night, something we needed so desperately here in southern California for months. After getting up at 3 a.m. to bring the dog inside [...]

Happy November third, wherever you are. It’s the day before Election Day in the U.S. The thought occurred to me that I might want to vote early, because I heard someone on the radio say that I might be in line for as long as five or six hours Tuesday. (note: those cookies are from [...]