I can’t actually afford one. But I can’t afford not to have one, especially in this day of multi-tasking, multi-media, social networking distractions. As anybody who knows me can tell you, I’m scattered at the best of times. Always have been. In fact, when my son was a kid, when somebody asked him when his [...]

First of all, do you know how hard it is to find a picture of a juggler that isn’t a bit scary? I didn’t think jugglers were creepy, not like clowns, anyway. But go to the royalty-free sites, and you’ll find some seriously disturbing juggling going on. But that doesn’t speak to the topic at [...]

I should know better. I do, actually. I’ve long since made it a point not to write a series. I always thought it was just because I was impatient. I mean, I’m an old trauma nurse. We bore easily. So I figured, ‘when I’m finished with this book, I’m ready to meet somebody new.’ I’ve [...]

For a while there, I thought I would never be able to say these four words. I finished my book. I kept seeing all these people posting on Facebook, like I should be happy for them that they’d typed that magical The End on their screens and closed their laptops, comfortable in the knowledge that [...]