Isn't it fascinating how long a few minutes seem when you are completely alone with not a familiar face in sight?

Well, before writing became all-consuming, I was a quilter, like Hattie and Perilee. I don’t do that anymore, but I do knit, garden and watch the birds in my backyard. I also take lots of walks, do yoga and talk my husband into taking me out to dinner as often as possible.

Isn't it fascinating how long a few minutes seem when you are completely alone with not a familiar face in sight?

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

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

I've always been a bookworm. As I mentioned, I moved around a lot, and one of the problems with being the new kid is it takes a while to make new friends. But I always had my books.

Sir if I was your daughter I would wait until this train started again and throw myself in front of it!