Back 13 years ago, my criteria for picking out a pal for our male dog, Dusty, was pretty simple–I wanted a female, bijon friese-lhasa apso mix, and she had to lick me to indicate she licked me. This is the puppy that picked me. Little Dipper and our first puppy, Dusty, got along from the get-go. […]
Farewell to the Special Fuzzy Friend That Picked Me Read More »
The fact is, I almost didn’t go on the trip I’d planned with my Snowy Hoot-ers pals a few months ago, because the day we were to leave was two days after my dad’s funeral. But Brenda and Sylvia encouraged me to drag my grieving self along and it turns out they–along with a few margaritas
The Importance of Friends When the Chips are Down Read More »
Since everyone should probably get at least one hamster in their life, and because I’d never had one of my own, I set about to get a hamster of my very own . . . to add to the ten or so that Mark already had in the house. Her name is Daisy and she
Our Latest Fuzzy Addition; Deer Swimming Read More »
This posting is about a fishing tournament that included me, Mark and his Georgia nephew, Terry. The great thing is that they didn’t know they had entered my tournament and that I got to make up the rules as we went along. To make sure the tournament started out sort of fairly, we hired fishing guide Doug Samsal on
The 2012 Mini Fishing Tournament – and the Winner Is…? Read More »
Okay, it’s not Thanksgiving–wherein I’m always grateful for family and food–and it’s not Memorial Day or Veteran’s Day–wherein I’m grateful for the members of the US military past and present–and it’s not July 4–wherein I’m grateful for our Forefathers, independence, the right to vote and bear arms and all of our other liberties. But a couple of things happened
10 Things I’m Grateful for Read More »
April was dedicated to the sport of promoting my book via a virtual tour that lasted from April 8 – 28, and I have to say I learned a lot from my adventure, including: Doing a book tour is a lot of work because most hosts “offer” the chance to do an interview and/or the opportunity
Book Wrap-Up and a Visit from the Gawky Family Read More »
I’ve now managed to attract people to my blog who like hearing about my wildlife adventures, while others followers are interested in the topic covered in my book, which is stepkids. How to please both audiences, I wondered? And so it was that I sat down and compared my stepkids to ducks, making it such that this posting has something for
How My Stepkids are Like Ducks Read More »
Anyone who’s published an e-book lately knows that just about every waking hour that you’re not working your regular job, you’re marketing. My book From Zero to Four Kids in Thirty Seconds was published as an e-book in late December and all I’ve done is Tweeted, gotten LinkedIn, blogged, written articles for interviews or other
Yesterday, Mark and I threw a family birthday party for stepkid #4, which involved a bunch of cleaning, followed by the arrival of 4 kids, two significant others and my mom. We drove to a local Mexican restaurant for lunch, had some birthday cake and opened a few lame presents. By the time our highly sugared guests were shooed
This Week’s Distraction – a Trumpeter Swan Read More »
I’ve only finished the first part of Kathleen Gage’s “Kindle Best Seller” webinar series, but already I’ve identified several things I’ve done wrong trying to sell books, one of which is the need to make it easier for everyone to buy my book. So my crack web designer, Janet Lackey, updated things so you can find and BUY
The Rude Little Hawk Read More »