So, I'm a little stymied with Snaketown, and mucho distracted, because I've put a bid on a condo in my beloved Tucson, hoping to get back there sooner than August 1st. I can break my lease for medical reasons (I have COPD & asthma + it RAINS ALL THE TIME HERE!!!) So I'm very hopeful. While I'm thinking of moving, and actually packing, I'm stunned when along comes this idea (fully developed, except for specific incidents - which develop during writing) of a ghost story, set in the Pacific… Continue

Took me five minutes to find out how to write a new post!

I am selling some things on ebay. Have a look if you would like. I collect Charms, and I am selling lots, both Sterling and silver-tone.

I am also FINALLY doing the reading I need to for Snaketown and the research on ceramics. I have to resist the temptation to actually try to throw a pot or two! I'm so easily… Continue

Happy new year to all! The best of everything. My motto for this year is:Do One Thing Well. For the first of the year, that will be reading books to help me write better, write more knowledgeably and finally to finish Snaketown for the Tony Hillerman contest in June. I"m stoked because a friend read the horrible first draft and said she loved it! Now, I think the chili is burning.