• Drawing 2013 to a Close – A Drawing a Day for 2014

    First of all, I want to thank everyone for their outpouring of support at the news of my mothers’ death. I was so touched by all of your comments here and on Facebook, you are a very special group of people. It’s been a series of highs and lows as time has passed. I mentioned […]

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  • Gr8tful4: The Last Days with Mom

    I began writing posts about dealing with my mother’s Parkinson’s disease last year and want to tell you about our last few days together. In a earlier post I talked about how important it is to talk about death and dying while we all still have our wits about us and can’t begin to tell […]

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  • Puttin’ on the Ritz and Living the Dream with Patrick Von

    Those of you who know me through the writers conferences I attend, you have heard me talk about my friend Patrick von Wiegandt. He is the owner of vwtapes.com and travels the world recording conferences of all kinds. He’s been recording writers conferences for years going all the way back to the first Maui Writers […]

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