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My granddaughter Shelby (who turns seven this February) spent another weekend with me, and on Saturday night, I took out my basket of Care Bears, spread the toys over my bed, and Shelby fell in love. She’d never played with … Continue reading →

Happy New Year, everyone! It’s officially 2016 now, and here’s hoping all my blog readers have a beautiful year ahead! Now that I’ve finally put away all my wrapping paper, bows, packing tape, and holiday cards, and we’ve all survived … Continue reading →

On Thursday, November 12, I had an adventure. I drove Queen Elizabeth (my car, freshly vacuumed) to Boulder, to see fiction author Rainbow Rowell. It was awesome! And here is the proof that I’m not making up lies in my … Continue reading →

Snow arrived in Durango last night. About twenty miles north of town, trying to drive home to Silverton through the mountains, my mom’s battered truck started fishtailing so bad, she turned around, drove to my house, and stayed the night. … Continue reading →

It’s the day before Halloween, and for weeks, Durango has been host to fall weather. Flat silver skies, chill wind and cold rain, a golden leaf-spangled earth from the branches of aspen and cottonwood trees, a few maple reds added … Continue reading →

I’ve had the opportunity to see a number of excellent documentaries the past few weeks, and I wanted to share the titles of two of them with my Thought Candy readers, in case anyone else might be interested. One especially … Continue reading →

Friday, September 25 and Saturday, September 26 was the sixth annual Durango Public Library Literary Festival, and it was AWESOME!!!             Literary fiction author and screenwriter Tom Perrotta was the keynote speaker on Friday night, … Continue reading →

Labor Day has passed and September is in full swing — when the world overflows with pumpkin spice lattes, pumpkin spice Facebook memes mocking the pumpkin spice craze, and Pumpkin Everything in home decor, candle scents, even fashion accessories.   … Continue reading →

On the night of August 1, 2015, I was staying up really, really late, working on my new novel, when my eyes became too tired to stare at a Word doc anymore. So I went online, to browse around and … Continue reading →

Today was my first-ever visit to a Unitarian Universalist Fellowship service, and I absolutely LOVED it!!! Before I share that experience, let me take a moment to explain why I decided to start attending Sunday morning fellowship services. In the … Continue reading →