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Her Last Mission is LIVE and Only 99 Cents

Posted on July 2, 2020 by

Her Last Mission Live today, July o2, 2020. Announcing the publication of my Better Late Romance, Her Last Mission! Twelfth Night meets Mission Impossible when a retired engineer turned agent goes after a tech firm CEO. Masquerading as her twin … Continue reading →

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FREE Book and Prescott Hiking off Jack Trailhead

Posted on June 26, 2020 by

Free Book I’m celebrating the publication of my Better Late Romance, Her Last Mission, by giving away my lunchtime read Found Dead in Arugula. Arugula is a long-ish short mystery story written to be enjoyed over a lunch or two. … Continue reading →

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Half-Baked and Pandemic Quiche

Posted on June 16, 2020 by

Being vegan, I thought I’d said goodbye forever to quiche in 2004. Farewell also to lunches with broccoli cheese quiche and raspberry butter lettuce salad drizzled with Sicilian lemon balsamic. My sister changed all that with the following recipe she … Continue reading →

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Pre Order HER LAST MISSION, A Better Late Romance

Posted on June 14, 2020 by

My latest novel is a cozy corporate spy sweet romance. Yes, that’s a thing. Her Last Mission encompasses new firsts for me. Although it’s my twelfth indie publication on Amazon, it’s my first novel finished after moving to Arizona. It’s … Continue reading →

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Pandemic Eating with a Pinch of Gluttony

Posted on June 3, 2020 by

I took a cooking class with Gabriela Camara, a chef with a restaurant in Mexico City. It’s definitely one of my top five classes in MasterClass. Growing up in Southern California, Mexican food was my standard American diet. After taking … Continue reading →

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It’s Trash Day!

Posted on May 19, 2020 by

Hooray and my gratitude to my trash collectors here in Yavapai  County, Arizona. During the pandemic I’ve been grateful for many things, but my heart is full on Tuesday mornings when I hear the trucks coming down the street. I’m … Continue reading →

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2019 OC-Centric Play Festival Ended Today

Posted on August 26, 2019 by

Today I saw the last performance of the Ninth Season of the OC-Centric New Play Festival, three one act plays, a privilege to see. Oh if only I could have seen these last week, so you’d have a chance to … Continue reading →

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Emotion: Sunday Philosophies

Posted on August 19, 2019 by

On Sundays, I walk without my iTouch. Instead of listening to books, I listen to what’s going on in my head. This is what developed today. I see a worrisome lack of Whole Person self care in people around me. … Continue reading →

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Winner at July 2019 Camp NaNo

Posted on August 1, 2019 by

At 5:19 PDT, I completed my Camp NaNo project. My goal was 25,000 words covering the first half of a new cozy spy romance. My final word count today was 25,177 words. Taking into account that NaNoWriMo and Camp NaNo … Continue reading →

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2019 Post Independence Day FREE BOOK

Posted on July 5, 2019 by

Have you read Michelle Dutton’s Lillian in the Doorway? Did you know that Alice and her detective boss had a case in California three years earlier? That mystery was documented in a novella called The Admiral of Signal Hill. I’m offering it … Continue reading →

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