by admin | Jul 7, 2014 | Civil War, history, LJ Idol
I have a confession. I don’t wear underwear when I do Civil War living history. No, instead of underwear, I wear period correct split leg drawers that come down to my knees. There was this deliciously bizarre moment this weekend when the guys were pulling up...
by admin | Jun 28, 2014 | history, Writing
Well, it’s official: my novel, Anything You Ask of Me, will be released on August 4, 2015! Yes. So, mark you calendars and get your wine in the fridge because it’s going to be epic. I have no idea what I’m doing for a release party but look: with...
by admin | Jun 17, 2014 | Civil War, LJ Idol
I am notoriously bad at being outdoors. As an example of how I poorly I function in a non-artificially lit environment, I submit to you following experience: when I was, oh, let’s say around nineteen years old, The Hubs (who was then just The Boyfriend) invited...
by admin | Jun 9, 2014 | Civil War
Quote of the weekend: “Hey John, tell them about the time you caught on fire.” Second quote of the weekend: John: “It actually happened twice.” Pollen spores were the name of the game in Gettysburg this weekend. The Hubs had some kind of...
by admin | Jun 1, 2014 | Writing
This is the face of someone who is now on vacation. And that’s my cool new t-shirt. This weekend marks eleven years of wedded bliss (stop laughing, that’s a mostly serious comment) so The Hubs and I are, eventually, on our way to Gettysburg for our first...
by admin | May 28, 2014 | Randomness
The year I graduated high school which, horrifically enough, was fourteen years ago in that magical year known as 2000, I went on my first church mission trip. I actually only ever went on two mission trips. This one, and the other one the following year. Anyway,...
by admin | May 26, 2014 | Randomness
I’ve been uselessly standing around while The Hubs and his dad built a deck on their house this week (blog post forthcoming), but today was Memorial Day and, prior to eating our hot dogs and sugar cookies, we took a drive down to the National Cemetery of the...
by admin | May 14, 2014 | Uncategorized
Hold onto your butts. Well, at least that’s what Jurassic Park prompts us to do. The British prompt us to “Carry On.” Every stupid meme on the internet wants us to do something: wear heels, love Daryl Dixon, eat more cheese. Granted, I find all...
by admin | May 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
As a child, I routinely slept in until 11:00 in the morning. It’s not that I stayed up late, I just liked me some sleep. When I became a parent four years ago, this thing called sleep became like a Sasquatch: elusive. Mysterious. Rumored. But never...
by admin | May 3, 2014 | Writing
Bizarrely, my quest to write two novels at the same time is turning out to be a successful venture. I prefaced the idea of writing the sequel to Random Contemporary and my next historical at the same time to my friends at work (and The Hubs) like this: Me: So, I...
