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Thoughts on the Academy

I spent the past week at my favorite writer’s conference, West Texas Writers Academy. I may not be a resident of West Texas, but I’m a native Texan and they’ve adopted me as one of them. I’m blessed to be in this situation. Writers from all over spend four hours a day, five days a […]

Thoughts on Stuff

It’s spring and yet another one went by without having a super spring cleaning effort. With all the moving we’ve done in our lifetimes, you’d think we’d have cleaned out the excess stuff, but we didn’t. Work moves were paid for so there wasn’t all that much motivation to jettison the unneeded things. We’re paying […]

Thoughts on our House

In a few days, I’ll have my 10th anniversary of living in Boise. I moved here sight unseen for a new and exciting job. Initially, I thought I’d only be here few years before returning to the Black Hills. The job turned out to be the best ever, and Boise is a great little city. […]

More Thoughts on Getting Old

Hubby and I spent all of last week feeling how old we are. Our son needed help with a remodel project, and invited us to come help out. Hubby worked with Son while I babysat the two active grandsons. Seemed like a good deal. I’m a mother. I’ve taken care of two kids before. It […]

Thoughts on Getting Old

They say the first thing that goes when you age is memory. At least, I think I heard it. Or maybe I made it up. I can’t remember for sure. Anyway, Hubby and I are living proof that it’s true, no matter where it came from. We keep each other entertained more and more by […]

Thoughts on Refugees

I spent an evening listening to stories about refugees who live in Boise. Boise is a refugee center so we have lots of refugees here. Refugee is a name tag given to people who had to flee their homelands or die. They were forced to leave behind family, friends, home, possessions, and familiarity because to […]

Thoughts on Book Reviews

Last week, I asked for volunteers for my advance review team. I said this week, we’d discuss book reviews so here it is! This covers reviews on Amazon, GoodReads, and any website where book reviews are given. Amazon uses an algorithm uses books sales and reviews to rank its books. The more books you sell, […]

Thoughts on My Team

I love writing books. For decades, I dreamed of writing, but never took the time. I was too busy doing other things. Now that I’ve fulfilled a dream, I feel like I’ve finally, after six decades, found out what I’m supposed to be. It’s made me very happy. I’ve taken a lot of classes to […]