I have an office in my house, with a comfy red print reading chair and a soft cream-colored desk. After I walk Winston the Wonder dog and have my breakfast, I head to my office. Every single day. Sometimes, when I'm working on revisions, I print off my manuscript and go to a coffee shop to work. But mostly you can find me in my office.

Hattie.' Grace patted my arm. 'My cows sing better than you do.

There is nothing like the occasional outburst of profanity to calm jangled nerves.

I will have to rely on that painful teacher, experience.

Life was like a batch of biscuits without the baking powder: flat, flat, flat.

My bounce-around life had taught me that dreams were dangerous things - they look solid in your mind, but you just try to reach for them. It's like gathering clouds.

The worst thing of all is standing by when folks are doing something wrong.