In case you've been on a six month long meditative retreat somewhere without Wifi, or you've been locked in a cave, or you've been at sea pretending you're R...

I barely knew her, Mrs. Winifred H. But she was special to our family and she taught me a lot without ever knowing that she had any influence on me whatsoeve...

BIG news!!

Author's mother's photo. Years ago, my brother-let's call him Mr. Clean- and I worked at the most beautiful camp in the history of camps, Keats Island Baptis...

This may be my last post of the decade, which sounds dramatic, but the decade ends in 16 days...so yeah. So, the title. Dealing With Rejection. Believe me wh...

(Narrator's voice over...we now return to Jennifer's efforts to turn a piece of poorly maintained furniture into a thing of beauty...) To recap: We bought th...

Two weeks and one day ago, on a stunning, sunny Sunday, I was outside, wrestling an antique oak hutch, and having a blast with my sander, Spotify, and the be...

Sometimes, when life gets busy, I don't feel like writing a deep and meaningful blogpost. In those moments, and hours, mostly I just want to drink tea, eat c...

Anyone who's been reading here for any length of time knows a few things... 1) I use 19 point Enriqueta font. 2) I love the Southwest. 3I LOVE Earl Grey tea....

Lessons over 6 years.

Happy September!! I hope you all had a great summer. Unless you're a Southern Hemisphere person, then your summer is on its way! We had an empty nest all sum...

This post has nothing to do with my work, and then quite a bit to do with my work. So, here we go... The other day I was scrolling through my Instagram feed ...

Okay, so, fun story...after Thelma and I left White Sands and headed toward El Morro, there was a long, glorious stretch of road across the valley floor betw...

So, I'm back after a FABULOUS three week adventure Out West. Yes, I missed my husband and kids...there, we got that disclaimer out of the way. I spent 10 day...

Wix stock photo No, I haven't signed with a new agent. No, my Navajo books haven't sold. No, my contemporaries haven't sold. No, my World War Two book isn't ...

In the wake of the whole US college admissions scandal, which has been observed anywhere on the scale between "Meh, whatever" to "kids, it's family therapy t...

Author photo-New Mexico State Fairgrounds, Fort Sumner, NM In case you've been living under a rock in a cave in the tundra with no WiFi and your phone and la...

WAY back in September, I ended up in our local ER, or as we Canadians call it, "Emerg". Pronounced "E-merge". One of the things they said that day that I nee...

Look, about this whole "tidy or turf" thing going on with that very nice lady named Marie Kondo? In my humble opinion, the very nice lady sure has never had ...

Can we talk about social media for a second? Lately, I've been taking a sort of sabbatical. I kind of need to, because I've had to make some hard decisions a...