Customer Service and the Death of the Offline Store

The Dread Daughters received bows and arrows for Christmas from my mother-in-law. (New at the Salerni House: Now More Dread per Daughter!) ...

2010 in Recap

Can you believe that 2010 is almost over? I can remember being a kid and thinking the year 2000 seemed so far away and magical. And now, tha...

Would YOU Fly if the Pilot Didn't Want To?

Sorcia says, “THIS is a blizzard?” I may very well eat my words if I wake up tomorrow (not too long after this post is published) and discov...

Happy Christmas Eve, Everyone!

It’s the Night Before Christmas and the house is a wreck. All the creatures are up and about and running amok. The children are NOT nestled ...

A Slice of Salerni Life 2010

With fond greetings to all my blogging friends, this is my Christmas card to you ... and my annual Christmas skit: Dianne sits in her usual ...

Revision: Alternate Universes for Your Characters

If you’re a writer, then you know how real your characters can be. You dream about them, talk to them, maybe even argue with them. They ta...

Sixteenth Anniversary and Dear Teen Me

Happy December 17th, everyone! I know it may not be a significant date for most people, but it’s my wedding anniversary! Bob and I were ma...

This is How Traditions Start ...

Several years ago (eight, to be precise), I decided to get creative with the note I sent out in Christmas cards and I wrote a creative littl...

The Tooth Fairy Experiment

Friday’s blog post about the end of Santa in our household sparked a family discussion about various childhood legends, and Gina confessed t...

Ho Ho Ho No More?

(LENNY: COVER YOUR EYES!) A few years ago, I lost my enthusiasm for Christmas. I used to love shopping (okay, not in crowds, and mostly onli...

Beautiful Blogger Award

I have to thank Marcy over at mainewords for this lovely, purple award! Marcy's my crit partner, and I've been enjoying being an a...

Our Mountain Retreat

My family has spent a week in the Poconos Mountains every winter for skiing ever since we’ve been a family. Our favorite place is Blakeslee...

The Hound of the Salernis

We were planning to send Sorcia to doggie day camp while we were away for the holidays, but my sister-in-law Deb said that she and her husba...

Anachronauts

Shortly after arriving at Dorian’s Parlor on Saturday night, we had the chance to chat with one of the founders, Gil Cnaan, who described t...