Category Archives: My Thoughts

For the past two weeks, I have been an Outlander junkie. I picked up Diana Gabaldon’s first novel while I was in Bookworks, waiting for Jen Sincero to arrive and begin her book signing. I’d had a recent encounter with a … Continue reading →

On Tuesday, September 23, my husband drove me to Albuquerque so I could meet Jen Sincero, author of You Are a Badass, at her signing at Bookworks. This is the same bookstore where I met Laini Taylor in April, which you … Continue reading →

I love the title of this blog post so much I’m considering making it the title of my next novel. Except people might assume I was writing erotica, rather than science fiction, so that is a major drawback. False advertising and all. Plus, there … Continue reading →

On Friday, September 12, I had the privilege of spending my evening listening to Kevin Fedarko discuss his 2013 nonfiction book, The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon. … Continue reading →

I have an embarrassing confession to make. It has to do with what’s going on in Ukraine right now. With the separatists in the east. Every time I try to listen to the news on this issue, my brain just … Continue reading →

Oh, student loans. Oh, debt. In all its forms, debt is challenging.         An easy trap to fall into. We want something so badly, and once we have it, the pain of paying for it takes its toll. … Continue reading →

Many moons ago, circa April 2014, the City of Durango commenced a major road reconstruction project in town. This highway reconstruction project is still underway, but the months of April, May, June, and July were the scene of the worst traffic jams … Continue reading →

I confess I’m not hip to a lot of pop culture– most especially hot new artists in the music world. So when the song “Fancy” started receiving major air time on my local radio station, I thought it was a Nicki Minaj … Continue reading →

The day before my husband and I went to Yellowstone this summer, we stopped at a used bookshop in Missoula. Missoula, Montana, is one of those places that is never far from my radar, as a lot of people I … Continue reading →

My book club, Women Reading Women, selected the novel Boy, Snow, Bird, by Nigerian-born author Helen Oyeyemi, as our August read. Hailed by reviewer Anita Felicelli, writing for The Rumpus (March 27, 2014), as “Oyeyemi’s most stunning novel to date,” … Continue reading →