We had a very powerful lesson in our combined Relief Society / Priesthood meeting today. (For my friends who aren't familiar with the ...

This morning, I get to spend some time volunteering at my daughters' elementary school library, and it's put me in the mood for a...

 Yesterday, I took my family to see the Albuquerque Botanic Gardens. The gardens were absolutely beautiful, with several different, themed...

STIR IT UP by Ramin Ganeshram is more than just a fun story. It's also a great cookbook, containing delicious recipes for the Indi...

On Thursday, one of the literary agents I follow on twitter, Pam van Hylckama, was attacked . At first, she thought she was a victim of an a...

My grandfather died a few weeks ago. I got the call as I was travelling from Baltimore, Maryland to our new home in Albuquerque, New Mexi...

When I was a little girl, my parents had one hard and fast rule at the dinner table. We weren't allowed to say that we didn't like i...

I'm in the middle of a big move (Maryland to New Mexico), and I haven't had reliable access to the internet for most of this month. ...

Today was the first Sunday of the month, a day generally designated in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons) as "Fa...

In preparing for our big move, I've been sorting through all of my old files this week, getting rid of the excess. In the process, I...

Going through old boxes of papers in preparation for our move, I discovered this: This paper was from an exercise I did in one of my col...

If you know me at all, then you know I don't like to dwell on negative things. I've been often accused of living in a world full of ...

They say you should never judge a book by its cover. I failed to take that into account when I picked up BEWARE THE NINJA WEENIES: AND...

Yay!! Yippeee!! WooHoo!! Hooray!! I finished all of my writing goals ! Now, I can take a little bit of a writing break (I'm cutt...

As promised, last night I finally sat down and tackled pre-conference challenge #6 on the SCBWI MD/DE/WV blog, in preparation for the upcomi...

As you know from my previous post , I've had a pretty full to-do list lately. I haven't been very active on any of my social media a...

Update! I am almost finished knitting the samples for my Recycle Knit book. Most of the pictures are now up on my website . Take a look and...

JUST FLIRT by Laura Bowers Dee Barton loves to flirt. It’s fun, and she’s good at it. Flirting makes everyone involved, flirter and f...

As I promised yesterday, I spent today tackling Challenge #3 from the SCBWI MD/DE/WV blog: As the Eraser Burns. This challenge was another ...

As promised, tonight I am tackling Conference Challenge #2 from the SCBWI MD/DE/WV blog . The challenge? "I want you to make a list o...