Even in good times, I am prone to cabin fever. In the past we have spent our summers in Oregon, where summer does not really begin until...

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Womans Best Friend, Abbey 5.23.20 Abbey was named for Abbey Road. That special, iconoclastic era in our lives. The Beatles trotted across...

Our First Tomato, A Poem inspired by William Carlos Williams We ate our first tomato tonight. Off the vine. After the evening storm, It...

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My new entry, in which both writers and readers are encouraged and celebrated! Looking forward to your comments. xoxo Jayne

Everytime I cook a pot roast I recreate my mother and grandmother’s time honored recipe: Bottom Round Roast, 2-4 pounds. Brown well on...

I was thrilled to be invited to the Barnes & Noble book signing Saturday, January 25. But we authors are no competition for Gasparilla...

I had been preparing for my book launch at the Life Enrichment Center for weeks...

It was the day after Christmas, 2013. My family had departed the day before. The day was quiet and Tim and I are lazy. We are exhausted...