Back in the day, on a Friday or Saturday night, Maggiano’s at The Grove was a poppin, poppin place. I worked the host stand for the first year or so that I was employed there, and it was madness. We were in a tiny little cubby that looked like it should have been a...

The prequel novel is edited. Off to our readers tomorrow, and then to the mailing list. Lemonade from the neighborhood kid’s stand was delicious, especially with cherry. The pups are the loves of my life. Mom gave me the dates she’s coming down. I took a nap, though...

The new book is 50 pages old. Need to add another 10 more over the weekend to hit my goal, but I can do it. Phew. It was looking dicey there around mid-week, but we rallied, big time. The pages flew by today. I made some good choices in my outline, made the scenes so...