The Graveyard of Abandoned Handbags

I went shopping for a new handbag this weekend, my second new bag in 2 weeks. When I got home, I threw the previous new bag in the back of ...

Gina's Review: Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat

As I expected, this week of Teacher Inservice was exhausting, and I haven’t even started teaching yet! Luckily, my wonderful daughter is co...

PRIZES!

The first annual PAYA Book Festival on Saturday was so many kinds of awesome, I could hardly contain myself! First of all, I was thrilled to...

Goals Assessment

Summer vacation is over. Kaput. Today is the last day, and tomorrow, I’ll have to shift my mental gears into teaching mode. Boy, are they...

Guess that Character Revealed

First of all, the setting for this scene is the sleepy mountain town of Catawissa, PA in 1867. So those of you who guessed it was historica...

Guess that Character Blogfest

Today is the Guess That Character Blogfest , sponsored by Jen at Unedited . Below you will find a scene from my current WIP -- The Caged Gra...

Making Pasta with a Guitar Pick

This past weekend, my husband’s family got together to try out the birthday present my husband received from his sister: a chitarra. Chitar...