Category Archives: spring is coming

Tap… Tap… Tap.

Oh, mercy.
This is going to take forever.
Do you know how there are some days when it all clicks? Whatever it is you’re doing, it just sort of happens? Those days are good, right? I have those days when I’m writing. Sometimes I can bust out a thousand words in an hour. One very memorable not-so-long-ago...

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Today, in Numbers

16: Inches of snow left in the “shady corner” of my front yard.
2: Daffodils ready to explode, any minute.
4: Kids home for Spring Break!
9: The hour I require them to be out of bed.
13: Tiny tomato plants growing in the egg carton beside my kitchen window. (Averaging 3 new ones a day, YIPEEEE!)
5: Exclamation points...

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A Bit of Random

* You know staying home at night? With your family? Those people you like, and who live in your house? You know staying home and eating dinner and having a bowl of popcorn and maybe watching Pixar Shorts? Yeah. I miss that.
* I wrote 1800 words on Monday. That is a lot of words. I...

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Wha? It’s April?

Okay, so the calendar is getting the better of me (also, it’s snowing, so I can be forgiven for thinking it’s maybe still February, right?) but I wanted to tell you this:
I will be at the remarkable King’s English Bookshop in Salt Lake City tomorrow (April 6th, as in the Sixth of APRIL) at 6:00,...

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Look!

Yesterday it was a thin layer of icy snow.
Today? Slickshiny mud, with a small fat red tulip-tip peeking out. And another. And another. It may be just one corner, but it is happening. It is coming. It is.
Now please excuse me while I lie on the driveway with my nose pressed to the dirt.

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Nice Review, Baby

Another sweet review ran in Teens Read Too this week. (Click here to see it.) These girls are awesome, reading and reviewing tons of books. Keep your eyes open, because I’ve just finished a Terribly Charming interview with them. (I know. You can hardly wait.)
In other news, the seven inches of new snow this morning...

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Ten Things That Make Me Happy

Sunshine. It’s out there, people, and I like it.
Caramel Syrup. Recipe on demand.
Good books. Try “The Chosen One” by Carol Lynch Williams. It’s gripping.
Nearly-toothless six-year-old boys. Honestly, how does he eat?
Relaxing Sundays with yummy food in the company of good friends.
Yoga on wii Fit.
Homemade bread – made by someone else (thanks, Kim!)
Drainage. Dripping. Melting noises....

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MUD

I saw some. Yesterday, as I was picking up Kid 4 from his buddy’s house, I stepped out of the Mighty MiniVan, right into one of my favorite things: Squishy, squelchy mud.

Oh, mud. I love you. I love your fudge-brownie color. I love your smell — that mix of dirt, mulch, water and hope. Hope...

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