Hello !Do you believe in ghosts? I'm on the fence. I *want* to believe in ghosts and magic and all the things. But I don't know that anything like that has happened to me--well other than the previous owners of our house sometimes shut door...

Hello !Lodi is also home to ZinFest and the Grape Festival and is known internationally for... their delicious cherries? I still can't wrap my head around that one, but friends from outside the US have asked me, you're from Lodi? You must eat a lot o...

Hello !I've been thinking about some big mistakes, which got me thinking about why we don't play scratchers anymore. My partner and I used to play scratchers, not often, but we'd buy a lotto ticket or get one for Christmas--my mom does the cello...

Hello !Thinking about my big mistakes a few emails back got me thinking about why we don't play scratchers anymore. Doris likes scratchers. A lot. But she's got the money to burn on them, or is just lucky enough to get more than she puts in.&nbs...

Hey Super !They say to never ask a lady her age, but I'll be honest. I just had birthday and I'm over forty. Next year I'll sing, "So Long and Thanks for all the Fish," at my towel party filled with falling whales and petunias and don't panic signs.S...

Hello !Okay, so I have a trove of would-you-rather questions. Maybe I'm secretly a dragon with my book hoard, questions hoard, and everything else. And I've got to ask, would you rather lose the ability to read or to speak?This is a tough one for me....

Hey Super !First, I am so excited, I reached the end of my edits for Dragon Girl 3: Power Thief. I think I need some beta readers, so I'm on the lookout for a couple volunteers. I don't know if I am successfully doing what I am going for with the mai...

Hey Magic Maven!If you're curious about updates on the house, so far as I know, we're still looking at moving home this fall. If you're new around here, we had a major house-fire the last day of November. The official date in our contract is in Octob...

Hello !Some people like to post a ## lessons learned in ## years. It is my birthday, but I’m not making a list that long 😜 That said, I'll admit I've made some pretty big mistakes in my life. But I don't know that I'd have it any other way beca...

Hello !I know this looks different—new email address and new header—but it's still me.I'm moving my newsletter to a new system so I can keep everything — and all my pen-names in one place. Also, this email service provider lets me update my auto...