After a few hours of working yesterday – managing my inboxes, social media, checking sales/rankings, etc – I was suddenly hit with this feeling of utter rawness, of overexposure. Nothing bad had happened (the complete opposite, in fact) but apparently I just exist close to that edge with the constant headache/state of the world, etc. […]
Category: personal reflection
Release day for Idols and Enemies (Amplifier 4) was delightful – filled with little treats and lovely messages/comments/early reviews from absolutely lovely readers. But this morning I found I was feeling a little (extra) rundown. So, after making my daily hot chocolate at 10:30 am, I decided to set up on the kitchen table and […]
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R.I.P. Fuzzy
We lost our rooster Fuzzy a couple of weeks ago, but I was way too emotional to post at the time. The original plan in the Fall of 2014 was to only have laying hens. But when we sold/gave away the other cockerels from our first batch of chicks, no one took Fuzzy so he […]
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A writer’s keyboard
So … Michael stepped into my office shed the other day to look at the pictures I’d selected for the upcoming Amplifier 4 book cover. He happened to glance down at my keyboard and some … teasing commenced. Yes, I upgrade my laptop every three years because I like to keep it covered under AppleCare. […]
Last Tuesday I took a virtual class through ChangePain.ca about the Mediterranean diet and treating chronic pain. We pretty much eat a Med diet already with the exception of needing to up our olive oil intake and to figure out how to add in legumes. During lunch, Michael and I chatted about how to do […]
Because I like to include pretty pictures and a ton of links, I’m posting an expanded version of my February newsletter content – which will include the two giveaways I also just posted – on my blog. So for those of you who follow my blog and subscribe to my newsletter you’re getting some doubled […]
Michael: *knocking on the window of the kitchen door* Me: *making a hot chocolate, calling through the window* Yes? Did you want to come in? Michael: Yes. Meghan: Through this door? Michael: Yes. Meghan: Even though you just left through that door? *gestures toward the door on the other side of the tiny cabin* You […]
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Happy Holidays 2018
If you haven’t been following the drama of #windstorm2018 via my Facebook or Twitter feed, the short version is that we are now on day five of a massive power outage and the holidays don’t even remotely resemble our regular traditions – absolutely no baking has been done!! We will attempt to make seafood chowder […]
The day after releasing Gemstones, Elves, and Other Insidious Magic (Dowser 9). My 18th novel. The sun is shining (though it is chilly) and I’m back in my writing shed, treadmill rolling underfoot, hot chocolate in hand, to write an utterly thankful post to all of you who have supported me, my work, my dreams, […]
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Almost twenty years …
So I just had a rather odd (crazy? dreadful? overwhelming?) realization at the Farmers’ Market today that I can – and do – answer most questions about my life with the phrase, “almost twenty years.” How long ago did you meet/move in with/get engaged to your husband? About twenty years ago, coming up on our […]