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So, this is the new deal, the systemic breakdown of the order as we have known it. Trying to stay afloat and tread water in strong currents. That is the new deal, the new gasping of breath for artists, small business owners, parents, children, no one is immune. I will use this time to writeContinue reading “The New Deal”

So, this is the new deal, the systemic breakdown of the order as we have known it. Trying to stay afloat and tread water in strong currents. That is the new deal, the new gasping of breath for artists, small business owners, parents, children, no one is immune. I will use this time to writeContinue reading “The New Deal”

Trying to remember to be grateful for everyday, even the days when I have book work and meetings scheduled and a to do list of fifty things. Keep the gratitude, because I am alive and I can take a big breath of fresh air.

How do you keep the peace in your own mind when there is so much turmoil in the atmosphere? I listen to news, read magazines and newspapers, listen to the talk and the buzz, buzz continues in my head long after. How can I settle that buzzing, the buzzing that can become extremely distracting? ItContinue reading “Keepin’ the Peace”

Turning my love of detective novels into a writing reality, I am working on one of my new novels featuring the character Abby Reed. This is a fun write for me, not quite as heavy as Carnival Man. I am simultaneously working on a collection of short stories, Eddies and two other novels, The Veil andContinue reading “Workin’ on a new book”

My word for the New Year is JUSTICE. I watch injustice daily, a “lie to your face” form of injustice that hurts people and the planet. Lies that support the justification for the desecration of the wildlife and state of life that people deserve. The constitution states that the government is to promote the “generalContinue reading “Changes in Snoqualmie Valley”

NOTE TO FRIENDS: Buy This Book!! From our own amazing Cris Coffing, within whom the Heart of Arts beats in Snoqualmie…….…. What an AMAZING book!! I dug every word! I am a life-long, hardcore reader….and this book blew my socks off! I couldn’t put it down!! I am so impressed and tickled with the complexityContinue reading “Review”

Releasing a book is scary, there is no getting around it. It is like puking on a sidewalk for all to see. There it is, your guts on the pavement. Some will be okay with it, some will sympathize and understand and identify and some will turn away and be repulsed. What can you say?Continue reading “It is out and about”

Carnival Man attempts to answer the question; if you can see the future can you change it? Set in a logging town in the Northwest, a river town in the post Vietnam era, it is the story of Emma, a young girl coming of age, who has the ability to read nature. Emma finds theContinue reading “Carnival Man”