I've been admiring the silver bracelets at Silver Freckles made by artistq   for a while.
But I needed to find my own word.
One word to remind me to keep writing the best books I possibly can.

On New Year's Eve, I discovered the perfect word.

SOAR

And now my word has found me.


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Waiting is hard.

Patience is harder.

Hope may be the hardest thing of all, in the face of all the waiting and disappointment we writers have to endure.

Today my garden sent me a message of hope.

In 2000, our gardener planted a couple of wisteria vines to grow on the fence on the north side. Wisteria apparently take seven years to bloom. In 2006, 2007 ( Read more... )

A friend sent me an email about this amazing rescue greyhound who became a surrogate mother to all kinds of stray animals.

http://wildreiki.wordpress.com/2009/03/27/rescued-greyhound-jasmine-pays-love-forward/

1. Fall is definitely here. The days are still comfortable, but we need our winter jackets for Echo's late-night walk. The tangerine leaves against the clear blue sky are stunning.

2. I'm a spring person, so I'm looking forward to my tulip garden. The tulip and alium bulbs I ordered arrived a few days ago! Squirrels (probably) ate a lot of our red ( Read more... )

I found these inspiring and hope you do, too ( Read more... )

Orchids and I have never been compatible. They always die on me within a couple of weeks no matter what I do ( Read more... )