When my daughter was small, she used to adore chocolate ice cream. We have countless pictures of her as a toddler licking chocolate ice cream cones, the chocolate dripping down her chin and  onto her cute little dress or shirt and shorts. She, however, is oblivious of the mess. She isn't caring about getting the [...]

Life was a lot different before texting. If you are my age (cough cough, old enough to have kids in college), you remember when you were in college and you had to call your parents every Sunday night from the phone hanging on the wall in your dorm room. No privacy and you had to [...]

It’s called Metathesiophobia, fear of change.   Nick Vinetti, the tough-guy detective hero of one of my favorite Lori Wilde books, There Goes the Bride, had it as a kid. Although he really wanted to learn to surf, he was afraid of the water--of sharks, of drowning, of getting snatched up and taken away from [...]

Most authors have a love affair with books and I am no exception. In the past, I managed to contain my stash under my bed. With the advent of the kindle, my stash became mostly virtual, but I still buy paperbacks of books I love. Let's put it this way:  if I became a sudden [...]

This is the first year that all three of my kids are out of the house, the "baby" having recently gone away to college. For the first time, my husband and I set out on an adventure in January. January! Oh, the decadence of being able to kiss the cat goodbye (left in capable hands) [...]

I am in Arizona. I have never been in Arizona before but I got the opportunity to travel there with my husband on his business trip, during this, our first trip together with all the kids out of the house. It's been a working vacation for me but hey, what a fun and wonderful way [...]

It all started with an old futon that my eighteen-year-old son wanted from home for his dorm room. His loving parents drove two hours with it on game day. Not the smartest decision. Maybe it was last-child syndrome. You know, where you get guilted into it because "you drove cross country in a blizzard to [...]

In my opinion, there's nothing better than the hour after you drink a cup of coffee. You’re in love, you're the most creative being on the planet, life is great!   Even when I was a child, the smell of coffee brought great memories. My parents used to drink coffee together over breakfast on the [...]

  I was just sitting here in a daze, thinking about the past few weeks. Make that the past year. This was my first year as a published author! What a year! I wanted to thank everyone for the kind notes and messages you've sent my way. I've loved every one. It thrills me when [...]

Liberty Bell Mums First of all, thanks so much, everybody, for your support of This Love of Mine, which released earlier this month! Really appreciate all the kind comments. And the newsletter sign-ups and Facebook likes. And just to let you know--I have giveaways going on at Fresh Fiction from now till the end of the [...]