I just remembered something funny that happened to me. This was back in 1998 and I had been having some knee pain.
I was curled up asleep and my husband came in to join me. He put his hand on my knee and said, “Heal.”
I was half asleep, so I replied, “Knee.”
He put his hand on my other knee and said, “Heal.”
I replied, “No, knee.”
“What?”
“That’s not my heel. That’s a knee.”
I was so sleepy, I thought he was naming body parts!
Today is my half-birthday. How do I know? Well, today also happens to be my father’s birthday. When I was little, I used to get ViewMaster slides for half-birthday presents on my dad’s birthday. My favorite ones involved Winnie-the-Pooh and the one I best remember is Winnie-the-Pooh and the Honey Tree. Receiving these gifts made…
Back in my December 16, 2006, post, I mentioned that there were wild parrots here in SoCal. Well, this morning, as I took my dog for a walk to the post office to mail some letters, I was finally rewarded with the opportunity to take close ups of these guys.
When I started writing Lord Vayne, I had never stepped foot in Romania, where a bulk of the novel takes place. The only things I knew about the country I read in Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula. So, of course, I felt the need to do some research to get details right. I researched flora, fauna…
This past weekend I attended Horrorfind, a horror and Halloween-themed convention. While there, I picked up some free samples of Red Scream — “The only erotic horror magazine that matters” — and it got me to thinking why some of the most pleasurable things in life — food and sex — are often commingled with…
I sit here in my small, messy office, piles of papers, magazines and other detritus littering the floor around me, remembering the first heady days of my trip to Spain and Romania last month. My mother, who made this trip possible in the first place, arrived the evening before we were to fly to Spain….
NOTE: OK, I know I promised the next post would be about Estepona, but this random thought got in the way. I’m a big Monkees fan. I own most of their albums on CD and long to own the DVD collection of their TV show. My favorite episode is the one where Peter sells his…