1. Four words that tell us something about your July? Productive: I’m writing two novels and both are going really well! Missing: Missing my hubby who is Saipan for work until the 8th. Tech: Got all the tech for my youngest to start livestreaming. Reading: I found time to get a lot of reading in, […]

1. Tell us about one small blessing you have counted in the past week? On Sunday, my 19yo son and I had lunch and then we sat outside our favorite coffee shop on the North Shore, chatting under the palm trees. 2. Bastille Day is celebrated on July 14th…have you ever been to France? Any […]

1. July 5th is National Hawaii Day…have you ever been to Hawaii? Any desire to visit or make a return trip? Pineapple, mango, or guava…what’s your pleasure?  I live in Hawai’i, on the island of O’ahu. I lived here in the mid-1990s and it took twenty years to get back. I’ve been back five years […]

1. It’s been said the best things in life are free…are they? What are some of those things? I think most things come with a cost, whether big or small. The cost may not be to you but to others. Nor is cost solely monetary. I was going to put libraries on my list, but then I […]

1. What’s something that reminds you of your grandmother? Tell us why.  This rocking chair is in my living room. It was my grandmother’s, which was once in my dad’s nursery. She fed my dad in it, and I’ve sat in it to feed each of my babies. The purse was also hers, and it […]

1. Something you’ve seen recently that’s ‘cuter than a June bug’? Thor the Scottish Highland cow, hands down. I feel good just watching this! 2. Tell us something about where you were and what you were doing in June of 1988? If you weren’t born yet, June of 1998. Or if that doesn’t work, June of 2008. […]

1. Besides the flag, tell us about something red, something white and something blue from your weekend.  The tie on the cover of the book I binge-read this weekend is red, white, and blue… all in one! And it was such a great book, a tangled thriller. The best kind… one where there’s just no […]

1. We’re approaching Memorial Day Weekend in the US of A…will you mark this in some way? If so tell us how. My husband and I are both Army veterans, and we’ve both lost brothers and/or sisters in arms. The whole day is definitely a day of remembrance for us. It’s a somber day for […]