Shifting Gears To Lo, Even More Meaningful Topics

What we have here is an assortment, a medley, a HODGE PODGE of topics. Please pardon the absence of any sort of unifying narrative thread. 1) I may have mentioned one or forty-three times that I gave up sweets for Lent this year. I actually … [Continue reading]

Perhaps These Crackers Will Be An Encouragement To You

I don't want to speak too soon, but I think I have a new favorite cracker for spring. I know. It's a little sudden. It was only a month ago when I was raving about the Crunchmaster Multi-Grain Sea Salt crackers. But like so many good things, … [Continue reading]

The Book That Has Stolen My Heart (And A Giveaway)

I don't know when exactly I started reading Nester's blog. I want to say that it was five or six years ago, and when I got to meet her in person at a conference a couple of years after that, I remember thinking, Well. She is just as warm and funny … [Continue reading]

A Quick Bookmark / Bookplate Update

Hi there, bloggy people. Y'all have pretty much blown my mind with your response to the bookmarks and bookplates. It has been so fun to read through your info on the order form and learn a little bit more about you and your families and your … [Continue reading]

A Mother’s Day Happy & A Little Salty to Cut the Sweet

I think I've probably mentioned that I was scared out of my mind when my book came out this past June. I didn't know what to expect because, um, NEWBIE, so I sort of braced myself for mean reviews and disappointed readers and … [Continue reading]

Not Here. Over There.

Well, I am still doing my level best to cough up a major organ (SWEET MERCY, POLLEN - I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF YOU), and I just started round two of antibiotics, a fact that grieves me to no end because I like to think that I can cure just about anything … [Continue reading]