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Welcome 2026!

The years truly pass faster the older you get. Seems like 2025 went by in a flash and here we are at the threshold of the new year. It’s time to reflect back on what we each accomplished during the past year. I’ve read more books this year which has been fun. Part of it […]

Heading South

Hubby and I are late getting here, but we finally made the journey to the warm southern climes. We got out of South Dakota right before the snow and single digit temps hit. It was in the mid-60s when we got to our winter home. That’s the reason we do it. I have my ultra […]

Tis the Season For Scammers

This past week, I received an email from both Dan Brown (famous author of The DaVinci Code and others) and James Patterson (famous author of Along Came a Spider and others). Both said they had seen my books and were impressed. I was very flattered. Dan was the first one and I responded with a […]

Remember the Good Things

Weeks sometimes run together because they all seem the same. This last week was so full of contacts with friends and happy events, I’ll remember it for a long time. I should start journaling again so I will remember it better, like when I reread that journal I found in a box. One day when […]

Late Fall Leads to Winter

By this time of year, Hubby and I are usually nestled in Texas, avoiding the snow and ice of South Dakota. This year is different. Our aging bodies decided to rebel this fall and drove us to schedule doctor appointments, physical therapy, and other remedies to fight off the aches and pains. We are finding […]

An Old Journal

Hubby and I want to pare down our junk and get rid of things. Like most people our age, we have too much stuff we’ve collected over the years that means nothing to anyone but us. Some of it means nothing to us, we’ve just forgotten we still have it. I went through an old […]

Boomer Struggles

I admit I’m addicted to scrolling through social media and commenting occasionally. You’ll never know how many comments I’ve deleted before posting, but it felt good to release what I wanted to say. I’ve never regretted deleting them either. Recently I was very surprised by an online comment to me about how Boomers could never […]

Another Busy Time

This past week and a half have been a whirlwind of activities that kept me running (figuratively, not literally). I said yes too many times and paid for it. The South Dakota Festival of Books is a very large event where over a hundred writers from all over are invited to speak and sell their […]