But it all zipped by. One minute Marlena and I were up to our eyeballs, and the next thing we knew the kids were borrowing the car and fleeing the coop for college. And now, here I am. In my nineties and alone.

Keeping up the appearance of having all your marbles is hard work, but important.

Gorillas are in danger of being wiped out by the Ebola virus. I feel like we have limited time to get to know them and understand them and they're going to disappear - that's terrifically sad. Wouldn't it be great if we could stop that?

When will people learn that just because you can make something doesn’t mean you should?

Dear God. Not only am I unemployed and homeless, but I also have a pregnant woman, bereaved dog, elephant, and eleven horses to take care of.

Must protect my little pockets of happiness.

I don't like outlining, because books are organic things. Sometimes a book doesn't want to be written in a certain way.