Posted in Living on May 25th, 2006 2 Comments »
My dSO and I periodically have “words” because I’m in lust with Alan Rickman in most of his parts (Colonel Brandon in Sense and Sensibility, Hans Gruber in Die Hard, etc.) while the dSO maintains Rickman’s a poofter.
So today I went poking around to see if, in fact, Alan bats for the home team.
I’m pleased […]
Posted in Living on May 24th, 2006 1 Comment »
Dash has now gone into the water for the second time in two weeks.
When we brought her home from the animal shelter, we suspected she was thick as two short planks, and she has continued to live up to that expectation. Who knows? Perhaps she’s exceeded that expectation….
The first time she went into the water […]
Posted in Living on May 23rd, 2006 1 Comment »
I was thinking yesterday about the DivaFest trip I recently took, and was struck by the gentlemanliness (is that a word?) of many Southern men.
For example, I stopped for gas around Beaumont, Texas, and an elderly gentleman — silver-haired, in work coveralls, with the open expression and manners of a guy who’s salt-of-the-earth — on […]
Posted in Living on May 17th, 2006 6 Comments »
Periodically one of my local RWA chapters tries to plan a PAN-only event (PAN is the “Published Author Network”) and then we all fret that sponsoring a PAN-only event will smack of exclusivity. If our chapter has such an event, will we endanger our status within RWA? Will RWA find itself in serious trouble re: […]
Posted in Living on May 16th, 2006 3 Comments »
This year my lovely cousin invited me to her annual DivaFest celebration. Just good friends lounging by the pool in a beautifully unspoiled area of the Gulf Coast, with arranged cocktail hours, terrific seafood, and dancing.
I don’t think I’ve ever had more fun in my life.
I wasn’t sure how I’d do, frankly. My writing life […]
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