My mom Franny was a fun-loving free spirit who enjoyed decorating for Christmas. In fact, in addition to her multiple trees (each...

Remember the joy you felt as a kid on Christmas morning ripping into the colorful gifts Santa left? I can recall my mother, a huge black...

May 2021 was a difficult month for our family. We lost my dad Burton Lee Bone (pictured at left with me in Alice, TX in 2015) as well as...

In his book Every Day A Friday, Joel Osteen challenges readers to "let every day be a Friday". One of the reasons I really enjoyed this...

Many years ago, shortly after moving into my first apartment, I adopted a cat from a nearby shelter. Maxine, a Manx, was a quirky feline...

Ever since the release of my latest romance novel, Match Point, people have asked me if that's me and my husband James on the cover. So,...

My son Jacob, a bit of a wordsmith, loves quizzing me about the meaning of seldomly used words or expressions. For example, the other...

When I started writing 30-Love, I knew that the main character Charlie Valdez would have a cat. Since the romance novel is very loosely...

In the photo above, I'm standing in front of a friend's amazing painting which hangs in the TVG Marketing Services office. In addition to...

Deb and me attending TAA Expo Event, Hyatt Regency, Dallas 2014 In my romance novel, It Happened In The Hill Country (available on...

January 2021 marks the tenth year of my mother's passing. Because she was such a huge part of my life, I've blogged about Franny numerous...

In a past blog, I shared with everyone that one birthday, I received multiple copies of various editions of author Richard Carlson,'s...

As a morning person, I seldom stay up past ten p.m. In fact, me making it 'til midnight even on New Year's Eve rarely happens. That being...

Christmas celebrations at my mom and Bob's house were always extremely special. Franny loved the holidays and would go all out, decking...

Yep! That's six zeros after the thirty! Crazy, right? Here's how the above photo came to be taken: Years ago, I traveled to Scottsdale,...

From time to time as I was writing 30-Love, my husband James would poke his head into our study and ask me how things were going. "It's...

It's been my experience that when you're around someone for an extended period of time, you form a way of communicating with them that...

In last week's blog, I shared the story of my First Worst Thanksgiving and how fortunate I've been to enjoy some really terrific...

Because most everyone is scaling back their holiday plans this year to adhere to the "stop the spread" recommendations from the CDC,...

Okay, I'll admit it! This time of the year, I get sucked into watching all the sappy Christmas movies on the Hallmark Channel. Sometimes,...