Well after a few good months and getting two books ahead I started reading the third book in Stephen King’s Dark Tower series. The story of Roland, the last gunslinger, and his companions is interesting, but it is EPIC.  Not only in length (I still have five books in the series to read in my […]

Well my lovely middle child, Alison,  asked me to write something for the OAM blog from a mother’s perspective.  She “offered” some ideas, but I decided to share a little about my first mother’s day, which happens to be 29 years ago this weekend. Friday, May 11, 1984 will forever be a wonderous day of my life.  The night before […]

Back when my culinary skills were more or less boiling water for mac & cheese or rice-a-roni and occasionally scrambling eggs, I tried to recreate risotto that my sister had made one weekend at our parents.  I was a little scared to make it because it seemed kinda complicated, I was constantly checking the recipe […]

I’m back with an update on my 2013 new years resolution.  It’s May which means I should be 1/3 to my goal and I’m proud to say I am 2 books ahead! Here’s what I’ve been reading: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.  This novel has been on my radar for a while so when the Kindle […]

Apologies, readers, I know I’ve been MIA for several weeks.  I was finding it hard to write up posts partly from writer’s block and not knowing what to write about, but also from not having time to sit down and write.  I was just too busy working, hosting friends and family, flying back to Wisconsin for […]