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Free books! Really, truly, free books! August 6 from 1 to 6 pm at the BlackStack Brewery in St. Paul, Ellen and I will be there with other Minnesota authors. The others will be selling and autographing their books, but … Continue reading →

Remember card catalogs in libraries? I do, and I loved them. I was disappointed when, after going to a computer system, they discarded the stacks of narrow little boxes. Couldn’t they have kept them both? They made searches so much … Continue reading →

I can’t think of a single item of interest to write about.  There’s a fair amount going to happen, but nothing currently going on.

Hurrah for the Glorious Fourth! I hope your hot dog and potato salad and Jello with little marshmallows and ice cream or Popsicles are particularly fine this year, and the fireworks are truly amazing. We live right next door to … Continue reading →

It is amazing to me how often inspiration comes at inconvenient times. Like, for me this most recent time, at night, when I’m in bed falling asleep and with an early morning appointment. But POW! just as my thoughts are … Continue reading →

All the blood tests and the CAT scan came back negative for residual infection, so I’m good for the knee replacement – but I don’t want to undergo the surgery until I can’t bear the pain and complications to my … Continue reading →

Saturday, June 17, from ten to two, Ellen and I will be in Remer, MN, for a talk/signing/book sale with other Minnesota authors.  Remer, some of you may remember, was the setting for my book, Buttons and Bones.  More details … Continue reading →

I had an exciting and varied Sunday. First, it was my Sunday to make the coffee for after the 8 o’clock service at St. George’s, so I got there about 7:25 under a lowering sky. My partner in this endeavor … Continue reading →

It’s alive! It’s alive! My muse is struggling to her feet. I’ve finished the re-write of Chapter One of Tying the Knot and begun Chapter Two. Exciting!

My muse is stirring! I have gone back to the start of Tying the Knot, and am actually working on it. Giant flaws, invisible to me in the darkness of writers’ block, are suddenly clear, and I am actually taking … Continue reading →