Archive for August, 2009

Ten Things to do Before Summer Ends

Current mood:  breezy Category: Life It’s my turn to blog at 7 Wicked Writers and here is what I posted: 10. Garden in the nude. Hey, if it works for Woody Harrelson and Alicia Silverstone, it’s gonna work for my skinny ass. 9. Skinny dip in your pool, the beach, a creek. Nope, taking a bath […]

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Helping Jane Doe

Current mood:  contemplative Category: News and Politics Some years ago my Australian cousin’s husband was having a bad day at work. He left his office at lunchtime and was last seen going into the corner sandwich store to buy his usual sack lunch. Coworkers saw him walking along the street looking sad…that was his last known […]

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Divorce Down, Adultery Up

Current mood:  cheerful Category: Romance and Relationships It’s my turn to blog at Sensual N Secret and here is what I posted: I was interested to read the latest statistics about divorce across the USA. It’s down…the lowest it’s been in forty years. This is good news to me, since I live in California where we have […]

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The Moose

Currently listening: The Complete Recordings By Robert Johnson Release date: 1996-10-08

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China

Current mood:  contemplative Category: Friends I had planned a different blog today but I am overwhelmed with grief that my wonderful friend China, who also went by a number of different names, Kelly, Elaine, Cassandra, China Rose – has died. China and her husband Charlie had the best, most incredible marriage I know of. Married 50 […]

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Ugly Cover Star

Current mood:  amused Category: Writing and Poetry I found out yesterday that the cover of my book “A Vampire Christmas” had the dubious honor of being judged the worst this year by blogger Jessewave. Wave has another of my covers up this week, this time “The Forbidden Island,” which frankly is a hell of a lot […]

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