My son and daughter-in-law became foster parents to two toddlers, three-ish and two-ish. They had no children of their own, and not a ton of
PROLOGUE… When Becky’s power went out, she and her hubs realized their battery back-up for their important stuff wasn’t working. Hubs got a new one
I was out with writer friends recently and the discussion turned to language, as it does. We were at Happy Hour after our Sisters in
… and now I have many, many thoughts about the instructions on my new garden hose. Every kid who grew up in suburbia drank from
I love maps. If I had known the word cartographer as a kid, I might have had an entirely different career trajectory. I’ve talked many
I got an “overpayment notice” in the mail the other day from Time Magazine. I had to read it three times. At first I thought
I was busy doing Very Important Work—okay, fine, I was working the Sunday crosswords—when I heard birds squawking and the neighbor dogs barking up a
I attended Left Coast Crime in Albuquerque last week. LCC is an annual mystery fan convention that travels around to locations west of the Mississippi.
I’ll be the first to admit I’m unusual. I love black licorice. I’m not a fan of Italian food. I’m a Colorado native and have
Last Friday night while my husband and I watched a movie, I was shoveling popcorn in my piehole. And yes, I’d rather have been eating