I come from a family of irritating overachievers. My father (Dr. Dad) has a Ph.D. My older brother (Dr. Bro) has a PhD and two post-doct...

Curiosity is a huge part of caring for your emotional well-being. Cultivating an interest in the world keeps depression and anxiety at bay a...

Girl, that coat rules! Please welcome Cara Covington, author of Love Under Two Outcasts! Cara will be awarding a $25 Bookstrand giftc...

Back on December 12 of 2013, I did a cool blog post about creating my mission statement. And I liked this post so much, I thought I'd re...

I was browsing the Wikipedia Commons website and found too many cool things. The library at the Vienna University of Technology. I'v...

Flowers on the mound.  I've been putting off my blogging. I was going to get "serious" and write about my writing process....

You cannot go to Florence without seeing Michelangelo's David.  It's hard to describe how truly epic this sculpture is. No photo...

Have some stairs. Yes, it is true, Italy is full of stairs. Tall stairs, endless stairs, curving stairs, and marble stairs. Fortunately,...

For the last two weeks, The Charming Man, the Flaming Chef, his husband Dr. Snickerdoodle, and I have been on vacation in...*drum roll* I...

I have had the honor and the pleasure of modeling with Michael Baxter, the genius of belly dance photography. I never knew I had myst...

Alma's Ganache In A Cup.  The deck is finished! After months of mud and building, we finally got some furnishings (thanks to Low...

This past Christmas, I was thrilled to receive the complete Wonder Woman series, starring Lynda Carter. I could barely contain myself. Wou...