Winners contacted, and new novel on August 6
Thank you, thank you to those readers whose comment included a life lesson I can draw from our experience with Cassie! I have contacted each of the seven winners to offer his/her choice of my available books, OR, also available, A Matter of Mercy, coming out on August...
The Dog’s News
You might remember my telling you that we'd adopted a puppy and that Cassie might be kinda sorta batshit crazy? I think I mentioned that her preferred snack appeared to be throw rugs and upholstered furniture? And that her favorite exercise equipment was a...
Love Is A Crazy Thing
I swear, it's not our fault. We actually lasted five weeks without a dog. Meanwhile, I admit I did notice that, dogless, the house remained clean longer than fifteen minutes after being vacuumed and a leaf could blow across the front lawn without our being urgently...
The Last Day
What do you do when you know for sure it’s the last day? Some of it, for sure, is what you’ve been doing for months. At five in the morning, you hope the dog you’ve nursed those months hasn’t soiled the bed and that you can get him out in time. This morning happened...
A Little About A Lot
Hello friends--I'm wondering if you've had times when you've felt overwhelmed by commitments to which you've blithely said, "Sure, I'll do that," and then, seeing a list of what you're taken on--and wouldn't dream of backing out of--you're suddenly face-slapping...
The Language of Kin: A Preview
When I was a new teenager with caring but clueless parents, I used to ride my bike to crazy places on Connecticut’s hilly back roads. Older boys reckless with their shiny drivers licenses, considered those narrow roads their personal racetracks, small wildlife be...
A Strange Lead Into A New Subject
It all started Thanksgiving week. My husband, Alan, was still in California where he'd gone to be with members of his immediate family during a death and stayed afterward to help out. Here at home things were within shouting distance of normal. One afternoon I was...
It’s Right There…Somewhere
Finally. A purely ridiculous event to share with you. If you happen to follow my posts on Instagram, you know that I was away for a month in my beloved Provincetown--the very outermost tip of Cape Cod, home to artists, writers, fishing fleets, and lovers of wild...
Carrying Out Trash and Good Stuff. Plus A Giveaway
Well, you sure can’t say I haven’t kept my word about not clogging your inbox, can you? Unless you’ve seen my occasional posts on Instagram and/or Facebook, or maybe better, followed me on Book Bub for the book reviews I post, in the unlikely chance it even crossed...