Category Archives: blogging

Hive Collapse: A Gardener’s Story

Posted on May 19, 2013 by

This morning as I was enjoying my morning coffee out on my back deck, I noticed a honeybee contentedly buzzing from flower to flower on one of our blooming succulent plants. My first impulse was to shout out loud, jump … Continue reading →

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Bully Boy, Rufous, and Me

Posted on May 14, 2013 by

As those of you who have followed me over the years know well, and those of you who are new to this blog will soon learn, I’m a nature nut. There is a reason I’m known as the Earth Mage. … Continue reading →

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Living With a Diabetic Cat

Posted on May 9, 2013 by

Those of you who are following me on Facebook are aware that, a couple of weeks ago, one of my cats, Beetlejuice, was diagnosed with diabetes. It’s been a challenge, to say the least, learning to care for a diabetic … Continue reading →

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Honoring Childhood Heroes

Posted on May 8, 2013 by

Who was your hero when you were a child? If you could do something to honor that childhood hero, what would you do? When I was a little girl, my family used to make an annual migration to the East … Continue reading →

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Snake Signs

Posted on May 1, 2013 by

We’ve been having a rough time here at the cottage recently. Creatively, I’ve been stymied. It isn’t that I don’t want to write, have writer’s block, or that I don’t know where I’m going with my newest Work in Progress … Continue reading →

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In Search of the Pacific Crest Trail

Posted on April 28, 2013 by

(This is the Part II of a two-part post. If you missed Part I, click here.) Full from our feast of a picnic, warmed by the sun and cooled by the soft breeze, it was hard not to doze off … Continue reading →

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Up the Angeles Crest, After the Fire

Posted on April 26, 2013 by

In many indigenous cultures, owls are harbingers of death. My southern grandmother was a firm believer, and no amount of coaxing from her then maybe seven-year-old granddaughter—that would be me—could convince her otherwise. Fortunately, I’ve never bought into that piece … Continue reading →

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A Tribute to Spot the Ground Squirrel

Posted on April 23, 2013 by

Spot the Ground Squirrel pops up in a lot of stuff I write. I figure with all the casual comments I throw around about Spot, the least I can do is formally introduce her … him … them, to you. … Continue reading →

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Celebrate Earth Day

Posted on April 22, 2013 by

This morning I was awakened at dawn by the gentle hooting of a great-horned owl, sitting in the avocado tree outside my bedroom window. Soon a house finch’s neurotic warbling joined in, then the gentle cooing of a mourning dove. … Continue reading →

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My Banned Book

Posted on April 20, 2013 by

Last week, the American Library Association (ALA) released it’s annual list of “most challenged” books—their banned book list. None of my novels had the privilege of making the ALA list, yet I still have a story to tell. Redeeming Grace—re-released … Continue reading →

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