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  She doesn’t care much for flowers. Between her job and travels, there is hardly time or energy to cultivate a garden. Except the window box that was there when…

She wanted to go up in the Ferris wheel. She longed for the colorful gumdrop boxes to spin her heart into a dream. A first kiss at the top. A…

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So much depends upon a red ceramic mug, filled with black coffee, on the back patio rail. It’s her first day back at work after a long summer break. Tears…

Dad loved flowers. His green thumb specialized in roses and geraniums. On Saturday mornings, he used kitchen shears and that cerulean fertilizer water the way an artist uses a paint…

This is my first Top Ten Tuesday. So much better than Mother$#*$, It’s Monday. Or Why is it only Wednesday? Or Not Through Yet Thursday. Or so much better than…

It was supposed to be a fresh start. He’d been left alone all day on Sunday when the dog was at Grandma’s house. He’d slept and let all the teeth…

People flooded her sightline. That pesky moon just wouldn’t move. It was ruining the picture. Just when she thought she’d gotten the perfect picture, another tourist yapping in some foreign…

The Eiffel Tower. The Louvre. Versailles. Notre Dame. The Seine. It was all so beautiful. She sat at a brasserie on Rue Cler–a street down which her beloved Hemingway strolled–sipping…

Saturday night I went to the theater. Just saying “theater”–in a slightly British/Old-Fashioned Wealthy accent–makes me feel so cultured and intellectual. It began as a favor to a friend, but…

My dad’s life was an hourglass, full of tiny grains of sand that marked moments of humor, hard work, love, and great beauty. At times those grains passed slowly from…

Monday. It all starts so hopeful. Dreams of organization, daily trips to the gym, a Marine-like adherence to healthy eating. All things are possible. Life is a full refrigerator on…

She had to get up at 5 AM. She didn’t have a break until lunch at 11:15. She ran 3 miles after work. She thought she had a rough day.…

So this happened in December. The playing for hours started. And so did the spending all my money on toys and treats. And the getting shots. And the walks. So…

Isla’s Oath, Book #2 in the Isla’s Inheritance series, is now available! If you love young adult or urban fantasy or both…read on to learn more about Book #2 and…

The glassy lake sparkled that day. She could hardly tell the difference between trees reaching toward sky and those sinking into the deep blue waters. Up or down, real or…

  Her employer received a windfall of money, yet they don’t want to give her a decent raise. She’s expected to work at home and through lunch, but where is…