Archives for 2013

Dealing With Discouragers

When I run up against discouragement in my life, it tends to come from two different sources. First, I face discouragement from inside myself.  That’s when I don’t think I’m good enough, or I’m not sure I can handle what needs to be done. The second source of discouragement in my life comes from other […]

Here Comes Spring!

Here at the Palatial Horvath Estate, the catkins on the pussy willows are full to bursting, the forsythia have started to bloom with golden splendor, and the robins are busy building nests in both the forsythia and the pussy willow. Yes, okay, the winter juncos are still here, but the red-winged blackbirds are showing their […]

Strangled By Books

I haven’t had time to blog this past week because I’ve started to sell books. I don’t mean I’ve become a bookseller. I mean I’ve started to sell my own books. I had a lot of books. A LOT of books. At the time HOLD ME was published, one of the fun facts I gave […]

10 Bad Things About Blogging

Hello, Blogosphere. Hey. Did you know tomorrow is our two year anniversary? Sure. Do you care? No. What if I told you I didn’t want to blog anymore? Please.  You won’t stop.  You were practically pooping sunbeams and rainbows in your last post. I was not! Yeah, you were.  Then there’s the fact you have […]

10 Good Things About Blogging Regularly

Wow.  I can hardly believe it, but as of this Friday I will have been blogging regularly for two years. I know!  It’s crazy, right?  Yeah, I’ve missed days here and there, and I had a time in the fall last year where I didn’t give my blog much time, but for the most part […]

Be Careful What You Give Up

I know not everyone will relate to this, but I’ve made it a practice to give up things for Lent.  Every year I pick one or two things I consider to be important, and try to give them up for the seven weeks between Ash Wednesday and Easter.  I’ve done this for years, with varying […]