Despite having a head full of fireworks, I’m a plotter and planner at my core. I plan meals in advance, vacations and, now-a-days, my book plots. Over the decades, I’ve learned to be flexible, knowing that stuff happens – crosswinds that hit just as I’m ready to defrost a brisket – grandkids who catch colds, a spontaneous dinner […]
Thrilled Beyond Words!
In the Hands of Women will be released May, 2023 Flattered, humbled, flabbergasted, grateful, energized – I’m bubbling with emotion. I never expected to see the day I received a formal book offer – no less for a two-book deal. It’s always easiest for me to explain things in a story. This one began with Mathilda, my great-grandmother, […]
“The End” such sweet words!
Can it be real? It feels impossible after so many months – has it been twenty already? So much crazy time has been spent writing, researching, revising, editing, soul-searching and binge eating Cheez-Its to get through this project! Three hundred sixty pages of historical fiction. It feels surreal, like giving birth – a whole book… so hard to […]
Cancer Surgery In Times of Covid-19
I couldn’t have chosen a worse time, but for the third time in 20 years I needed a major abdominal surgery to right-size my disease. My wonderful oncologist could no longer tackle with job with pills and maintenance chemotherapy alone. With inpatient COVID-19 volumes rising, the hospital made a policy decision to ban visitors, including family, so it […]
Life in slow motion
I’ve been thinking about writing about this concept for a few months, but I’ve been afraid that the feeling might pass. It is the most wonderful phenomenon. Some people refer to it as mindfulness, others are cuter and say it’s when you stop and smell the roses, but for me, it feels like life is moving in slow […]
Did I Happen to Mention the Idea of a Border Kibbutz?
For the last couple years, I’ve been watching and reading the drama about a border wall and the reasons the US should pay for one. I just don’t get it at all. I do understand that we cannot have an uncontrolled border, but I don’t understand all the fury about resolving the problem with increased military presence and […]