May 31, 2012

The Great Cucumber Massacre

Since I’ve shared all the good news, it’s only fair to share the bad news, especially since it is due to my own knuckle-headed move.  Yes, I’ll admit it to the carnage– I acci...
May 28, 2012

Welcome to the Jungle

Welcome to the Jungle!  That’s what Bernie calls the garden now, which I take as the highest of compliments.  Man, I never thought anything green would break out of the ground, let alone trans...
May 19, 2012

A Real Reality Show

The other day I was going for a walk with a good friend, and we were talking about my blog which she is kind enough to read.  (And so are you! Thank you!)  Well, we were doing our usual stream of co...
May 18, 2012

One Enchanted Evening

Daddy Mac and I had our ten year anniversary last week, which was truly hard to believe.  A whole ten years?  Really?  Wow — that sure went by fast, which is a good sign, I suppose!  However...
May 15, 2012

The First Issue

A couple of weeks ago, I attended a Richmond conference on writing children’s books.  While I was there, a literary agent from NYC mentioned the Ivy & Bean chapter books as if they were a ...
May 6, 2012

It’s A-Growin’

It is truly hard to believe, but the vegetable plants are still green and still growing like….weeds!  This is nothing short of a miracle!  I just never ever thought it would ever happen, not f...