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It was never a choice. Writing is in my DNA. If I’d been born before books and laptops, I probably would have told stories to my clan around the campfire. When I was a kid, and grownups would ask what I was going to be, I knew the answer. A... Read More
It’s Louisa May Alcott’s fault. She was the last domino that made a writer out of me. You have to be on your guard against seemingly innocent, entertaining stories. For, as I have found, no story is innocent, and words, once they take root, can alter the course of your... Read More
CRASH! When my son was three, he was given a bright orange car, low to the ground, powered by petals and steered with hand holds. At the time, we lived in a cottage. Actually, when I use the term “cottage” I am using euphoric recall. It was a shack situated... Read More
I was his only hope. My husband had to remove the chimney liner from our 100-year-old two-story farmhouse with a creepy attic. And he couldn’t do it alone. He needed someone to climb up through the attic, that’s right, and up the hayloft-like Little House on the Prairie ladder with... Read More
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