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Of Men and Horses
I love horses. I’ve had a passion for them since I was a kid with no means of actually owning one.
When I was a single working mom, I could not justify spending money on horse activities, except for the occasional ride on a rental horse. And during my two marriages, neither of my husbands had an interest in supporting my horse habit.
My “dream horse,” Bazan with his former owner aboard. Bazan is gorgeous, smart, and friendly. He’s in my life because Charley likes seeing me happy!
“Ten Weeks to Love” on Amazon, Barnes & Noble!
Yippee! After much back-and-forth, editing, re-editing, photo selection, caption addition—and just plain wanting it to be right—my eBook is now available for the Kindle (Amazon) and the Nook (Barnes & Noble)! (Soon as I buy a Mac, it will be available for the iPad as well.)
(Note: For those of you who do not have the above devices, Amazon has a free app to make it possible to view eBooks on your computer or other devices. I haven’t checked yet, but I suspect that B&N has a similar app.)
I love this cover! I can hardly wait to see it in print! My dear friends at Peter Green Design understood the vision I had and got it right!
Love and Hate
It’s only a matter of time before I will be hated, even reviled. Why? Because I’m happy, positive, cheerful and, dare I say, “peppy!”
Yesterday I saw an article on the front page of my browser about all the hate being leveled at actress Anne Hathaway. It seems that she’s just too “peppy,” upbeat, positive and nice for some people with nothing better to do than tear others down so they can feel better about themselves.
Wipe that smile off your face, sailor! OMG! I’ve had that coat 20 years! And what’s up with that hair!?
Valentine’s Day—Raising the Bar on Standards
When you accept lower standards in your relationships, you seal your fate. I know first-hand.
Charley and I have been spending the last few days—including today, Valentine’s Day—building a piece of furniture for Charley’s office. And while it’s for his office, I love helping him create it. In my last marriage, this sort of jointly created activity just never seemed to happen. When I look back at all the years that this unhappy relationship was acceptable to me, I shudder. It is not a compliment to me that I felt that this was the best I could do.
Look at those rabbit ears! Charley and me having big fun at our ranch in Utah. My garage was 1,500 sq. ft., bigger than the house we moved into when we returned to California.
Pinch Me! Ouch! Do it Again!
I do have to pinch myself regularly to make me realize—yet again—how very fortunate I am to have met and married my wonderful husband Charley. On February 28, we will celebrate our 26th wedding anniversary. Aside from the fact that the time has gone by rather quickly, that time is full of grand and exciting, meaningful and memorable experiences.
It is not that life has been easy these many years; we have had our adventures! But I have to pinch myself (there I go again!) at how well we figured things out together. Frankly, there’s not much that has happened over the past 26 years that doesn’t make me smile, inwardly if not outwardly. Or make me laugh, which I like even better.
Photo: Charley on a photo safari with friend and fellow photographer Christine Murphy.