No contest really….I choose escape this month! With unending news reports of a screaming Delta variant, climate change weather warnings, images of an inglorious end to a twenty-year [...]

And now A Better Next is two!  On May 28th, my debut novel will hit the second anniversary of its pub date. My first year out was fast [...]

My last post was mid October, before the election, before a stay-at-home Thanksgiving advisory, and with only a hope that we had a vaccine on the way. Lots [...]

Remember when August was the month to kick-back and exhale….and take a little time to prepare for Fall? Maybe take a trip to the lake or beach before [...]

It’s hard to believe A Better Next is reaching it’s one year birthday on May 28th! It seems like just yesterday-- but yesterday seems like the distant past. [...]

One of the themes in my novel A Better Next is sexism. In this book, I try to expose everyday sexism in the workplace and in our society [...]

One of my new favorite things is visiting book clubs to talk about my book A Better Next.  It’s so interesting to learn about how each club is [...]

I took my Sunday night of Summer seriously—August was a time for me to catch up on relaxation and going off-list for awhile. Loved it so much that [...]

The other day a friend walked over for a casual visit and we chatted about how quickly the summer was passing by. After our rough Minnesota winter (almost [...]

I was a fan of Michelle Obama’s before I read her book “Becoming”. But, I was truly impressed with her memoir, and how accessible she became to me, [...]