My Knee Surgery Journey

  We’ve always had certain “rites of passage” in our culture. I have a photo of my father as a toddler in a dress. If you knew my father, you would laugh right now. Anyway, he soon passed into short pants, and from there to long pants. The first bra is a girl’s...

What? Me worry?

  Lou Skalney’s father, in my novel The Divine Meddler, raised him to believe that a man takes care of business. That didn’t work out so well for Lou, but I can relate. I’m a bit like him with my Type A personality. I make “to-do” lists and conquer them (usually)...

Too Many Books?

I’m not exaggerating when I tell you my extra room has walls of books, just like the photo above. It’s all for a good cause. I decided to release my inner masochist and totally renovate my home—repainting walls and new flooring in 5 rooms all at once—just before my...