I’m still busy finishing my “Marquess and Governess” story, but I’ve also been thinking about things that make me smile. There are important things that make me happy, of course–my family, my friends, my faith, my country, my writing career, for example–but today I’m thinking about the silly little things. My New Dishes – I [...]
I’m feeling much better than last week when I could barely talk. Luckily, I recovered by Christmas day and was able to make the big dinner for eleven family and friends. My big Christmas gift was a set of Lenox Butterfly Meadow dishes. I’m going to have fun filling in with serving dishes and bowls [...]
Today I was talking to my friend Catherine and I looked at the calendar and realized, OMIGOSH! THERE ARE ONLY TEN DAYS TO CHRISTMAS. Here I was feeling so relaxed, feeling I wouldn’t be rushed, I had at least two more weeks to go. Ha! I still have lots to do….. Luckily I’ve engaged in [...]
This time of year can be so stressful. Halloween through New Year’s Day always feels like a whirlwind to me. I rush from one thing-to-do to another and I often forget that the Holiday Season is supposed to be filled with joy and happiness. The religious component of the holidays, no matter what your faith, [...]
As you know, the Harlequin Historical Author Holiday Giveaway is back with the Grand Prize of a Kindle Fire. (Click on the first days on the Advent calendar and enter, if you haven’t already, for the most chances to win, and return here tomorrow to enter on my day!) I’ve made no secret that I [...]
This is our national day of Thanksgiving, a day to pause and be grateful for the plenty that is in our lives. I hope all you have plenty in your lives! Lots to be thankful for! I’m thankful for my family, my friends, my health (and their health!). I’m grateful for my writing life, for [...]
Before we know it (like in two weeks!) it will be Thanksgiving Day, but I was thinking a little early of something I’m thankful about. How lucky I am to live where I live, in the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C. Here is what my husband saw on his brief lunchtime walk on Capitol [...]
Last weekend I was at the New Jersey shore attending my husband’s family reunion, a gathering of the Italian (Cefola) side of the family. Cefolas came from the west coast and from up and down the east coast. There were about 25 of us altogether. We did a lot of talking and a lot of [...]
I love to share with you the exciting new happenings in my life, big or small, so I thought you might like to see my new living room couch and chair! Here’s a photo of me on our old couch, taken on a Christmas morning (that’s me opening presents). I actually loved that old couch [...]
I was fishing around for an idea for my blog today and looked at some of my old articles. I found this one, written in 2004, for the Warner Forever website when I was writing as Diane Perkins. Lots has happened to me since–including me happily settling in writing for Harlequin–but it was fun to [...]
