The Question of the Day

I'm having some technical issues. I wanted to insert a picture and I couldn't get the text to wrap around it. Womp womp.  So, I star...

For three years straight, I wrote a question every day and wonderful people like you answered. (See earlier posts.) Some days, questions wer...

I'm hosting a giveaway on goodreads. Ten lucky readers will win a copy of Fingerprints. You too, can enter here:         Goodreads ...

If you could go back and give your teenage self some tips about navigating high school, what wisdom would you share? xoxo, Suzanne

Tomorrow is my favorite day of the year. The day my favorite people and I get together and focus on what we're thankful for. But th...

This morning, I prayed during my walk on the beach path. I thanked God for the warm day, the sunshine on my skin, the dolphins in the ocean ...

This weekend, I worked on another TV pilot . This whole experience has been very strange because I've never written in that format befor...

My friend, Stacie, LOVES birthdays. Yesterday was hers. When I called in the morning, she answered the phone by saying, "It's m...

The coolest kid on the planet (well, my planet, anyway) is having his 9th birthday party on Friday. He is a voracious reader and I'm ...

Today, H and I went to Little Tokyo in search of the perfect udon. (It was delicious.) Along the way, we passed a Wishing Tree. Some wi...

I went dark for a few days because I've been busy writing a TV pilot. This is strange because I write books, articles, how-to's and ...

I live in LA, in a mobile home park across the street from the ocean. About half of the residents have lived here forever and about half ...

My neighbors are building a fence. A very tall fence. Under normal circumstances, that may not be so weird. But this fence is enclosing...

I recently met up with my brother, his wife and their three little ones at my father's house in Sonoma, California. My nieces are 5, 3 1...

One of my friends recently posted a picture with the caption, "Some things are worth the wait." That got me thinking, what is wort...

My friend, James, went to visit his family in his hometown. As a fun, special event, they decided to go on a ghost hunt at Allegheny Lun...

Thanks to all of you who hopped on the blog tour this week! I love that Green Girl included me in the fun. On Monday, 8/4, please hop on ov...

  My mother is an antique lover. She uses a pig scale for a coffee table. Need I say more? The other day, she emailed me the p...

I'm very excited to read Melissa Westemeier's Kicks Like a Girl . (It just arrived yesterday!) My longtime blogger buddy invited ...

As part of my alternative healing process, my diet now consists mostly of cooked vegetables. Since roasted veggies can get pretty borin...

A few years ago, my very funny Aussie friends brought me this gem of a gift from their homeland. Yes, that is indeed a bottle opener a...

I recently injured my back. It kind of exploded, actually. Without warning, it went into crazy spasms. The pain was so intense that I co...

I am reading False Idols and Other Short Stories by my friend, Tony LaRocca . I have a confession. I have never read SCI FI. Like eve...

When I was younger, I loved scary movies. I still remember the night in 1984 when my BFF and I held onto each other screaming through The Ex...

My neighbor has wind chimes. They annoy me. I know they're supposed to be slightly magical and calming. They probably have cleansing e...