The following is an excerpt from my humorous memoir, A Dead Tomato Plant and a Paycheck. The book is a collection of the humor columns I used to write for the Plano Star Courier, a suburb of Dallas. A number of readers had suggested I put them together in a book, and a number of years later […]
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Back in 2011, when I was still living out in the country, I wrote a blog post about how Gardening is Good For the Soul. In the piece I reminisced about my grandmother who tended a garden up the hill behind her house in West Virginia, working a half acre or so every season until
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As an editor it’s always a thrill to work with an author who hits a best-seller list, and that has happened to me a few times in my long career as an editor. What has never happened before is having two back-to-back clients who hit that mark. The first, Cancer’s Wake Up Call: A Warriors
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Last week, I posted about the death of my friend, Flo, and said I’d share more of our fun times together in future blog posts. So, here it is. Most of the following is taken from a column I used to write for a newspaper in a suburb of Dallas. For a while I was
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Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms and grandmoms out there. I’d almost forgotten about today until flowers started arriving yesterday. First, this beautiful bouquet from one daughter. The photo doesn’t do justice to the lovely roses, especially the pink ones. Then another delivery. This one came with no card so it’s the mystery gift
Spring is always a time to celebrate the rebirth of the land as the browns of winter give way to the greening of landscapes, and we are gifted with the many flowers that pop up to say, “hello.” This is always a season of excitement and hope for me every year, but right now it’s
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This is what greeted me yesterday morning when I walked into my kitchen to start breakfast. Guess who got breakfast first. 🙂 Actually all the cats routinely eat before I do. BC is the feral backyard cat that I’ve been slowly getting acclimated to human touch, and he does get food after I’ve fed my
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This. This is why I keep writing about Jenny Jasik. Fell in love with this character when she first came into my mind and my writing many years ago, and she still stirs my mother-soul. Based on a true story of a mother who helped bring down the main drug distributor in her small Texas
As Christmas approaches, I often get nostalgic – granted it isn’t hard for me to get that way at any time of the year – but the Holiday Season has always been special. There’s a magic in that time that touches my heart and my soul, and one of the best parts is the spirit
I’m back from a wonderful vacation in North Carolina to visit with a daughter and her kids and grandkids – my great-grands. What fun it is to spend time with little kids who delight in so much – from coloring to swinging at the park to reading books. We had a terrific Thanksgiving gathering at
