Archived Posts from: August, 2009

Tidbits and Tottering Thoughts

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Random thoughts, barely connected.
My mother came through the heart catheter and stent insertion with remarkable aplumb, even for her. One of the drugs gave her an odd rash, so she left the hospital on benedryl and a dose of an IV steroid. The combination resulted in a mood quite capable of turning me in to [...]

Field of Danger, 3

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It’s just after midnight, and right now I’m setting in my mother’s room at the assisted living facility, while she sleeps (I hope) in a Huntsville hospital. Thursday meant a heart catheter for her, with the result of one artery cleared of a 70 percent blockage by a stint. Preparing for this, and other doctor [...]

Who Am I?

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This may be the oddest blog I ever post, but let’s put it under the category of “casting the author.”
Confession: I’d like to start dating again. Don’t ask. Sometimes I look around and think this would be a HUGE mistake. Other times . . . well, I dream on. So I have profiles on Plenty [...]

Field of Danger, 2

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Another Friday, another excerpt from Field of Danger. The excerpts will be short, but I hope they will be enjoyable tidbits. With each, I’ll also post a tidbit about the book itself and how I came to write it.
The book is set in Caralinda, Tennessee, in the fictional Bell County where Ray Taylor is sheriff [...]

Letting Your Dreams Evolve

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I wanted to be an actress. (Yes, this is me, a long time ago…wish I had the originals.) Only I wasn’t very good. I acted in college and a lot in the 90s. Let’s just say that I did a lot of musicals ‘cause I can sing better than I can act. . .
I wanted [...]

Field of Danger: The Beginning

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Another long absence, but I’ve not been idle. Just lots of deadlines and personal complications. I’ve spent a lot of time in Alabama with my mom, and it looks as if the next few weeks will see more of that – deadlines and travel to Alabama. But I am going to try something a little [...]