Author Archives: is there any more pie?

151 miles today but who’s counting

Big day on the road. Not. If I don’t finish my book by Friday morning, I might as well retire again because my editor will have lost all patience and torn up my contracts. So we stopped traveling early today, … Continue reading →

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350 miles

350 miles is how far we drove this afternoon and this evening. We got a late start. Brief recap:  Rhode Island, heat, humidity, sunshine, Connecticut, Wendy’s, New York, Pennsylvania, rain, dark, storm, Wendy’s, lightning, lightning, lightning, low on gas, dark … Continue reading →

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where or when

I don’t know exactly when we’re leaving on our road trip.  I don’t know where we’ll spend the night tonight. Banjo Man and I are incredibly busy with work.  We thought we would get on the road at 5 AM … Continue reading →

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baby love, oh baby love

I crawled out of my office Friday because I was invited to visit Sam the Man.  Once I held this sweet little baby the stress of the week drained away.  The world disappeared and there I sat, talking to little … Continue reading →

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what’s in the bag?

Banjo Man made a special trip to town to get me this.  It’s a “keep writing those pages” kind of present.   Want to guess?

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anniversary week

Happy Anniversary to the old married couples in our lives!

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book blitz

I’m taking a week off from the internet in order to finish this book. I really need to finish this book. Remember this? Banjo Man and I have a road trip coming up, but we can’t head west until I … Continue reading →

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croc me mama like a wagon wheel

My friend Bob called the other night to tell me not to miss this particular television show: Super Man Eater Killer Crocodile.  Or something like that.  You get the idea.  He had told me about it months ago and I’d … Continue reading →

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i want to be a construction worker

If you have a two-year old (or three or four?) grandchild who loves–and I mean LOVES–trucks, then this is the dvd you have to own.  Real trucks, real dirt, real construction workers. My grandson has two copies of this dvd, … Continue reading →

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sneaky saturday list

Banjo Man planned to sneak out to Kohl’s, a 25-minute drive from our house, to shop. But I saw his “to do” list for the weekend.  Weeding, bank, post office, something about the lawn mower bag, the dump, Kohl’s… Me: … Continue reading →

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