Dancing With Kali: Part 1 (with Kipling & Zippy Pics)
Zippy and Kipling are buddies now, and Zippy protects her from too aggressive dogs at the dog park, makes sure others don’t step over his imaginary line. Dancing With Kali is a work in progress, and...
View ArticleKipling’s Dragonfly Dreams: A 3rd Sandcastle Thank You
Everything is intricate. Even on the surface, nothing is simple. I feel this complexity is inherent in everything; more and more I will search out what makes up a life, how a character came to make a...
View ArticleKipling Is Up On Lobo’s Pet Wall — With Zippy
Russell Blake started his online Pet Wall to honor his own wondrous dog, Lobo. The book (hit the title to see the book at Amazon), An Angel With Fur, came pouring out as the story of how Lobo...
View ArticleU Got The Look: At The 1st Novella
Sheena Easton was a muse for Prince in the 80s, and way back in 1987, they sang U Got The Look together. The song would become the biggest single off the incredible double album Sign O’the Times, one...
View ArticleSpend Halloween With Eartha Kitt’n + 10 Scary Cat Films
My favorite season is here. Fall into fall. Did anyone celebrate the solstice? Planning the trip to the pumpkin patch? Here is a photo of one visit to a most excellent pumpkin patch outside Portland,...
View ArticleSeducing Santa — Holiday Short Story 2011
Here is a replay of Seducing Santa, the first holiday tale published on A Writer’s Life Blog in December 2011 — Bracelet (click title to read this new tale) will be published in December 2012 so...
View ArticleREDUX — 12 Blogs of Christmas: The 12 Holiday Faux Pas
When you see this button you know it’s one of the official 12 Blogs of Christmas — Check them all out! The 12 Holiday Faux Pas A fantastic group of 12 writers and bloggers came together to share...
View ArticleKipling Puppy Returns: Humor & Eartha Kitt’n
I have neglected A Writer’s Life blog too much over the past month or two since the Green Darner Press version of Sandcastle and Other Stories was published. “Put the book down already, and grab my...
View ArticleZippy & Kipling Puppy & Ajax & Eartha Kitt’n: 2 Author Events
For your calendar: I will be reading from my newest literary suspense novella, The Conversationalist, and a short off-center tale from Sandcastle and Other Stories at Village Books in Fairhaven on...
View ArticleZippy Found Us 7 Years Ago
Zippy, the tiny-bodied long coat German shepherd puppy with the overlarge head, hopped and scooted about the interior courtyard, chewing a wiggly toy Santa Claus. Full summer sun shone and the Canadian...
View ArticleHark Signing: Zippy, Kipling & Eartha Kitt’n Christmas
A wonderful weekend began with a book signing author event at Watermark Book Co. in Anacortes, Washington, my hometown bookstore. I couldn’t have been happier since Hark—A Christmas Collection is my...
View ArticleWow—It’s Zippy’s 9th Birthday!
Here’s the big birthday Zippy with his chewed-up lobster tug . . . he’s worn out and sleeping under the only claw left whole. This day is strange, not because of the rain and wind, I expect this living...
View ArticleMy Writing Room #LifeBooksWriting
This is a brilliant day. May 6th, post Cinco de Mayo recuperation, a Friday I hope to fill with more sunny moments. I’m writing a weekly blog post on different subjects important to being challenged as...
View Article‘A Day In My Life’ #LifeBooksWriting
I worry a lot. That’s my current lot in life. Worry. There are dreams I had when younger, looking into a murky future, one with little skills beyond teaching, writing, remembering pop culture moments...
View ArticleU Got The Look: At The 1st Novella
Sheena Easton was a muse for Prince in the 80s, and way back in 1987, they sang U Got The Look together. The song would become the biggest single off the incredible double album Sign O’the Times, one...
View ArticleKipling Puppy Returns: Humor & Eartha Kitt'n
I have neglected A Writer’s Life blog too much over the past month or two since the Green Darner Press version of Sandcastle and Other Stories was published. “Put the book down already, and grab my...
View ArticleZippy & Kipling Puppy & Ajax & Eartha Kitt'n: 2 Author Events
For your calendar: I will be reading from my newest literary suspense novella, The Conversationalist, and a short off-center tale from Sandcastle and Other Stories at Village Books in Fairhaven on...
View ArticleZippy Found Us 7 Years Ago
Zippy, the tiny-bodied long coat German shepherd puppy with the overlarge head, hopped and scooted about the interior courtyard, chewing a wiggly toy Santa Claus. Full summer sun shone and the Canadian...
View ArticleHark Signing: Zippy, Kipling & Eartha Kitt'n Christmas
A wonderful weekend began with a book signing author event at Watermark Book Co. in Anacortes, Washington, my hometown bookstore. I couldn’t have been happier since Hark—A Christmas Collection is my...
View ArticleWow—It's Zippy's 9th Birthday!
Here’s the big birthday Zippy with his chewed-up lobster tug . . . he’s worn out and sleeping under the only claw left whole. This day is strange, not because of the rain and wind, I expect this living...
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