2011 Greenhouse Brag

Unless you’re a dog girl or guy who also likes to garden, feel free to ignore us today … because we’re going Entirely Off Topic. Here’s a quick

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Wordless Wednesday: Entirely Off Topic

Allow me, please, a quick brag about that darling, darling husband of mine … who for the second time in his second try WON the first in class

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Wordless Wednesday: 2011 Garden

Using my 10 x 12 hobby greenhouse, I do my best to garden at least a little from our high-altitude home in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. Living at

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Book Review: The Last Place You’d Look

Carole Moore, my friend and mentor, wrote a powerful, deeply researched account of missing persons and the people who look for them. In some 200 pages, Carole thrusts

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Veterinary Specialist Forum Recap

As I mentioned last week, the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine held its annual forum in Denver recently, and I got the chance to attend one of

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Wordless Wednesday: Clump O’ Bees

While using our riding lawn mower to cut the grass at the historic family home, he nearly rode face-first into this swarm of bees. Too bad, we weren’t

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Book Review: Quincy Tahoma

Truth. Writing is hard. Greater truth. Primary research is harder, especially when the subject led an elusive, often-desperate, carousing sort of life. That’s one reason (among many) Quincy

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Wordless Wednesday: Send Help

It. Won’t. Stop. Snowing.

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Mountain Girl Goes to NYC

Today, I fly to New York City so that I can speak at the upcoming American Society of Journalists and Authors conference. My topic is finding and maximizing

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New Pet Alert: Big News

Monday Tom and I celebrated our 19th wedding anniversary. Our low-key celebrations included breakfast out at the lovely Blue Sky Cafe in Golden, a long nap (because we’re

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