by Heather | Jul 16, 2008 | Blog, writing news
Well, I haven’t been very active in my writing the first half of the month–my excuse is the nearly two-week visit by my older sister and her family. They live in Mexico and I haven’t seen them since last July. I have completed 7110 words and managed...
by Heather | Jul 16, 2008 | Blog, book review
Other people may see thirteen-year-old Marcus Kanenas as an outcast and a nobody, but he sees himself as a survivor and a dreamer. In fact, his favorite dream is of a world far away, a world where magic is as common as air, where animals tell jokes and trees beg...
by Heather | Jul 14, 2008 | Blog, frugal gardening, gardening
A few days ago, I talked about creating lasagna beds. Click here to read that post first if you missed it. In my area, we have a mushroom plant, I can pick up a truck load (or trailer load) of spent mushroom compost for $15 or $20—a great deal. I put down the layers...
by Heather | Jul 11, 2008 | Blog, gardening
I’ve mentioned before that my ground is rather more rocks than dirt, and what part is dirt, is mostly clay, so when I began looking into plans for landscaping, I realized digging down to plant was not going to work for me. For many reasons, people may have land that...
by Heather | Jul 10, 2008 | Blog
My good friend, Danyelle, is always getting tagged before me, and then sharing the joy. She is evil, but since she’s obviously dying to see all of the grubby details of my life, I decided to participate. lol After all, I needed an excuse not to rotate the...
by Heather | Jul 8, 2008 | Blog
Congratulations to Janice L who won a copy of Heaven Scent by Rebecca Talley. Everyone check back next week for a review and chance to win an advanced reader’s copy of J Scott Savage’s Farworld: Waterkeep, a great YA fantasy that is riveting from the first...
