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I have exciting news! The new office that I share with my friend Ms Melinda is now functionally complete! Isn’t it pretty?!? There are still a few things that need to be done. Art still needs to be hung on the walls and we are in the middle of a spirited argument over...

So February disappeared in a whirl of moving boxes and shiny rocks. I went to the Tucson Annual Gem & Mineral Show. Holy all the pretty sparklies, Batman! Behold the sparklies I bought… And the sparklies I wanted to buy but did not. Though they be pretty, they...

I’m getting ready to hit the road with my sister next week. We’re off to nose around all the pretty, sparkly, shiny things at the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show. It’s a work trip for my sister, who is a very talented jewelry designer. I’m along for the ride because I’m...

Dearest gentle reader, Generally this author tries to only share mostly positive and generous thoughts… *clears throat and loses the Julie Andrews impression*…but that’s not what is happening here today. Today, you are getting a grade-A, long-form-essay-style rant....

Do you like playing games? I love them. Cards, darts, hacky sack, board games, online RPG, mobile puzzle games… If it’s designed to entertain ages 5 and over, I’m pretty much a sucker for it.  So escape rooms? They are very much my jam. And the one I played this...

The Not-So-Ugly Stepsister Gets Her Guy went live this week and it's been such an exciting time. I've uploaded file until my brain went numb and scrambled about updating websites and social media and now I'm ready to collapse into an exhausted puddle, turn on an...