There is some hubbub in the world today about saying “happy holidays” instead of “merry Christmas” to folks at this time of year and I think it is all silliness. I say spread tidings of good cheer, share wishes of joy and happiness and just feel good about it.

The fact is, I’ve been saying “happy holidays” to people for years – long before it was politically correct and now, some say, ...

Wayward Saints by Suzzy Roche
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This is a review of the ARC provided by HyperionVoice. According to the details on this copy of the book, it is scheduled to go on sale January 17, 2012.

Wayward Saints is written by Suzzy Roche, one of the founding members of the three-sister band, the Roches. The book is a fictional account of a woman, Mary ...

I am not one to make a list of resolutions with the turn of the new year. It just feels burdensome. That doesn’t mean I’m not keen on the idea of self-improvement. I’m fully committed to that whether it be learning something new (besides improving my writing skills I’m also working on learning French thanks to Rosetta Stone; an excellent program, by the way) or changing something ...

My husband and I attended three parties in eight days and, yes, we had a very nice time at each of them.

The first party of the three was a wedding reception for a woman at my husband’s workplace – his new workplace. At that party, at the beginning of the evening I knew no one except my husband. The second party, one week later, was his company’s official holiday party. At ...

I just have to give a shout out to the folks at themeforest. They produce WordPress themes; I bought the theme for my website from them. It is called Karma.

Karma WordPress theme

I’ve had several compliments from visitors to my site about the attractiveness of it, the clean ...