Conversation with a Scaredy Cat
A few months ago, I was gifted with a year’s subscription to Dog TV. It’s a premium streaming channel that the dogs enjoy, but the cats and I LOVE it. Glenn–the street cat we brought home from Key Largo years … Read More
Conversation with our own resident Tropical Storm Fred
Welp, Tropical Storm Fred is currently scheduled to come right up our alley later tonight. I could talk to the storm in the same way that I once communicated with the BP oil leak, but instead, I’m going to talk … Read More
This is War! A Conversation with a Banana Spider
I have declared war on one particular banana spider. Well, not really on the spider herself, but on her web. Every summer, dozens of banana spiders string up webs outside our house, connecting up walls and posts and trees and … Read More
Bonanza Brothers Update
Y’all remember the speckled hen’s two beaus, Hoss and Adam? Well, in this love triangle, Hoss won the lady, and Adam was pretty pitiful. He hung out with the lovebirds for a while, but as you might imagine, such a … Read More
Conversation with a Goldfish
The other day when I walked past the mermaid pond, I noticed a big goldfish playing in the fountain’s splash zone. I know from having aquariums that this can happen when there isn’t enough oxygen in the water, but it … Read More
Today’s Advice from a Dragonfly
My dragonfly lived for another day, but he never moved from the place where I’d put him on my desk. He let me know that he had been stung by a wasp, and his body was slowly being paralyzed bit … Read More
Conversation with Zeus About Grounding
I’m currently writing Coming Home to Magnolia Bay, the third book in my Welcome to Magnolia Bay series from Sourcebooks. A couple of days ago, I wrote a scene in which Reva uses the help of a pony at Bayside … Read More
Conversation with a Dragonfly
This morning I noticed a dragonfly sitting on the back porch. The dragonfly looked perfectly okay, but I knew he wasn’t. He was barely breathing. (Dragonflies breathe through tiny holes in their abdomens—it’s easy to see their abdomens expand with … Read More
Conversation with Stella
Stella is a beautiful tortoiseshell calico with long, silky hair that she won’t allow anyone to touch. Stella has a cranky disposition, and she likes to be in charge. She is a small cat with a tremendous personality. That personality … Read More
