On the care and feeding of muses

It is an exceptionally clear, warm and gorgeous day at the park on the side of Haleakala. The ocean, glowing blue mystery, merges with the sky in the distance and holds the floating green/purple island of Lanai, and the striated majesty of the West Maui Mountains,...

Twenty Things I’ve Learned

Twenty Things I’ve Learned: My friend, the lovely, talented and funny writer Tee Tyson, recently did a Things I’ve Learned vlog: If you haven’t watched it, you should! I laughed at several and mulled over others, and it gave me pause to think on what I’ve learned, at...

a little something to share…

Grumpy in the time of Thanksgiving. I hope my attitude will improve by Thursday. Say a little prayer for me about that, will you? Thanks.

Angels sing Na Mele

When I’m not writing mysteries, I’m working as a school counselor and therapist—and this morning as I walked into my 100 year old school building my ears were treated to an unbelievably sweet harmony of young voices, echoing off the shining wood floors with a sound...

Warhammer 40k Space Marine

Remember I said my son builds costumes? Here's a video of the completed project. Geekalicious! Warhammer Space Marine I want to just say a few comments about the filming of this video. First, my husband set up the camera and didn't tell the kids. My daughter is in the...

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