This week I'm posting a photo of an ostrich, taken at Wellington Zoo. I have actually seen ostriches in the wild and have vivid memories of a male ostrich with twelve chicks running after him. This ostrich is a loner. A few facts about ostriches: 1. They're the...
Yesterday I attended a sales presentation for a retirement village. I’m a long way from retirement yet, but I thought it would be interesting to explore the local retirement village at closer quarters. I’m always ready to do something in the name of research because I...
This month All Romance eBooks is running a campaign for heart health. Twenty-eight authors (myself included) have donated short stories and all the proceeds go to the American Heart Association. I thought this week I'd cover snippets about heart health. Thirteen...
When I was a child, we had a weekly banking day at school, and we’d take along a small deposit for our savings account at the local town bank. It wasn’t a large deposit—usually somewhere along the lines of 20 or 50 cents, but it was surprising how much our bank...
The other night I was watching some coverage of the Olympic Games on television. I observed the announcer, and suddenly, all I could focus on was him blinking. Blink. Blink. Blink. Honestly, his eyes reminded me of a warning light flicking off and on. It was weird....
A common theme in romance novels is building trust or in some cases rebuilding it enough to make a relationship work. In my book Scarlet Woman, the heroine Emily discovers her husband has had an affair with his secretary. Her husband leaves her and subsequently dies...
I took this photo at Wellington Zoo a few weeks ago. I can stand and watch the merkats for hours. They're so cute and feisty. Seeing them standing upright and on guard never fails to make me smile. To see more animal photos visit Camera Critters
I’m continuing my post on birth order today and talking about last born and only children. Go here for the first part of the post on birth order. Last borns have fun personalities. They’re usually good communicators, but they can be selfish and manipulative. They’re...
I've been thinking about ginger recently, mainly because in our local reality show, Nestle's Hottest Home Baker, most of the contestants used ginger when they cooked their signature dishes last week. I like ginger and decided it would make a great topic for my...
