Nov 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
I try to wait until we have our first hard freeze, or November 1 comes, whichever happens first. This year they’re both happening on the same day. I have a lovely couple nearby who makes nice smallish bales that I can roll myself (or have my husband roll while I...
Oct 7, 2020 | life, writing
When it comes to a working writer, movies portray the author as either some sequestered away in a small cabin somewhere, doing nothing except writing books and fussing over story lines or they’re Carrie Bradshaw in Sex in the City, taking New York in stilettos...
Sep 18, 2020 | guest blog
The Holiday Mermaid: A Sea of Love story in the Desire Me Again romance anthology by BVS My inspiration for my fantasy romance series Sea of Love is… the sea. The clue’s in the title! I grew up by the sea, in a coastal village in Brittany, western France. My mother is...
Sep 16, 2020 | Fibromyalgia Gone Wild
The medical community doesn’t talk about the grief. They don’t mention that at some point you’ll realize just how much your life has changed and it will hit you like a ton of bricks. They don’t talk about the despair and the anger–oh how...
Sep 13, 2020 | horse stuff
I spent the weekend hanging gates. Once I figured out the proper way to do so (use a 1/2″ drill bit first, then screw in the hinge), other than some muscle work, it was pretty easy to do. And yet, I’ve had these gates for a while. I bought them two, maybe...
Aug 30, 2020 | horse stuff
When I bought the property the seller had a lot of horses. Two of them, my Thunder’s dam (that’s mom in horse speak) and an older palomino mare, went to live with the neighbor. From time to time they’d come visit, since they didn’t know that...