When I was probably about 6 or 7 years old, my father was in the Army and our family was stationed at Fort Monmouth, NJ. I loved Barbie dolls, but my parents couldn’t afford to buy any accessories for her, although probably back then there weren’t as many things for Barbies as there is now. …
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This weekend was one I look forward to every year, even if part of the time it’s with trepidation. The Heart of Louisiana Chapter of Romance Writers of America held their fourth annual Readers’ Luncheon, Fall in Love with Romance on Saturday, 6 Nov. S Sherrilyn Kenyon was our main speaker. She gave a wonderful, …
News in the Brandt household: Beloved is finally finished with business travel for a couple of weeks. This is a busy time of year for him. He went to Brussels the week before Halloween, and actually had a Belgium Waffle. He came home Halloween night almost in time to take the Boy out trick or …
The longest Beloved and I have lived in one place since our marriage nearly 24 years ago was 8 years in Urbana, IL while he was in grad school. Actually, that’s not totally true as we lived in Champaign, IL for one year before moving to the other side of “town” and being in Urbana. …
Seriously, some day that needs to be written. Today I went out to the bank to get my weekly “allowance” and on my way home I saw a sign for a huge garage sale down the road from my house. This house has regular sales and there’s always a lot of jewelry from Claire’s. I …
Recently a few of us on one of the writers’ loops I’m on were discussing how we, as writers, are different than other segments of the population. Specifically, we were talking about how non-writers are always amazed at how we can create a book or “think up all those words.” It kinda came as a …
Sunday: I was giving the Boy a bath before we went to 6 p.m. Mass. It was a lovely evening here and our neighbors were outside on their back patio watching the Saints game (apparently). Our bathroom window looks out on a fence that separates our property from theirs. We couldn’t see them but we …
Watch this video then come back. I’ll wait. http://video.foxnews.com/v/4339735/girl-booted-from-squad-over-booty-cheer/ Listening to Fox News and I heard this. The fact that one of the guys talking about his says it’s an appropriate cheer and the people involved with the cheer squad says the mom is a lunatic. Seriously? I certainly wouldn’t want my 6 year old …
A year ago today, I was at my in-laws’ home. We’d just finished dinner and were heading to the living room to watch something on television when my cell phone rang. I thought, Hmm, who could be calling me; everyone is here. Well obviously everyone wasn’t because it was my brother and as soon as …
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