It’s the 4th of July weekend and I’m finishing my chapter 2 today of my new Harlequin, an intense ‘secret baby’ story set in Sicily. I’ve spent the past week working on chapter 2, tearing it apart, putting it back together, editing, tweaking, and just couldn’t figure out what was wrong until I realized that the stakes […]
Category: Hawaii
Home In Hawaii
Mac has become very busy. Extremely busy. He loves to walk and run, explore and pull things apart. He loves to push things closed, too, including all doors, and sometimes his fingers are in between. I’ve been trying to keep Mac out of trouble by letting him help me whenever he can. There are some […]
An Afternoon With The Girls
I’ve been in Hawaii a week today, but before I left Bellevue last week, I had the chance to spend part of the afternoon with some very smart, very literate young ladies who attend Seattle’s French-American School together. I’d met one of the moms at a fundraiser back in April (at least I think it […]
Fittings
I leave in two weeks for Hawaii for the summer. It sounds fabulous but is also kind of wrenching as my two oldest sons will be with their dad for the first month and then come to me for the second–and I’ll be away for one of those weeks they’re with me attending Romance Writers […]
Our Hawaii Get-Away for Brenda’s Auction!
So very excited….Brenda Novak’s amazing annual auction to raise money for diabetes research is almost here! The auction kicks off May 1st and is going to be spectacular. I’ve been browsing the list of items available and have ear marked several things I want to bid on–and win! As most of you know, I always donate […]
Surf Shop Party
Well, I promised the pics from the party and here they are! You can find a ton more on Ty’s surf school facebook page as well as various other places, but I wanted to share a few of my favorites here. It was a great party—although on the hot (sweltering?) side–but so fun to see […]
Mac
It’s Saturday and Mac and I just spent the afternoon hanging out in his dad’s board shop in Waikiki. Mac loves to be anywhere his dad is and the surf shop is especially exciting with all the surf instructors, music, visitors and activity. Gracie, James’ bulldog, hangs out at the shop most days which makes Mac very […]
Ty’s Board Shop Grand Opening
I woke up at 5:30 am here in Hawaii this morning and thought–Ty’s Surf Shop party is in just two days. I have lots to do! Need to buy beer and wine and order appetizers. Need to find a linen table cloth and fun platters in case the caterers platters are ugly. Need to pull […]
Easter Celebration
I grew up in the Episcopal Church, attending St. Paul’s in Visalia, and then the odd Bible Camp, crusade or revival when I could find one. I spent years doing correspondence bible courses after attending a Billy Graham crusade, and then at UCLA was rebaptized Easter Sunday my sophomore year at Santa Monica Beach in the Pacific […]
Odd Mom on Vacation
I love the picture below. It’s one of my readers on vacation with Odd Mom Out as her reading. My readers really are fantastic and I’ve been so grateful for all the emails lately and all the wonderful birthday wishes, too. Yes, today’s my birthday and I’m now 32. My eleven year old keeps looking […]
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