…to more than they are meant
I haven’t yet found a place yet where I know I will survive. I wrote beside my computer so many months ago, “I tell you, Baby, this wound is so heavy.” And it’s true. Carrying it around is my constantly having to live too close to tears. I think I’m [...]
Games that never amount…
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Choices
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I received an email from my editor last night that absolutely made my day, “I have just finished Part Two. Boy, that Waltruk was an ugly sucker. Now I am in it. Now I am involved. I really liked the longer sentences, the longer discussions in this part.” I knew my book [...]
“Home”
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Well, I’m home. Just got here a couple of hours ago. I left yesterday and I remain in awe at how time is and how we remember it. I left 3pm yesterday, a long time, but only a blink, the drive is just a blur and it feels like I’m just pulling away from our [...]
Recipes.Tarahlynn.com
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I started something new for myself the other day. I’ve been working on the idea of putting together a recipes website for a very long time. The hardest client for any web designer is themselves. I got this site done and was/am happy with it, though it isn’t anywhere near as commercial as I think [...]
With the Light on
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Oklahoma was a hot bloody work out. I tore the cartilage between three of my ribs up under my left boob. Four weeks now and no reprieve. A sneeze or a cough leaves me almost in tears. I had the thought last night of, “What if I get a cold?” And it left me chilled [...]
On the Road again
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Well, I’m on the road again. As I’m typing this I am enjoying the happy sounds of a hundred semi’s cozying in for the night across the parking lot of my hotel. The top corner of the box spring of my mattress is held together by duct tape and the water smells notably fowl. It [...]
As you all know I am a heavy reader. Usually I read about a book a week and no, I have not been able to keep up with myself and keep the books I’m reading updated in the column on the right-hand side of this page (admit it you never read it and never knew [...]

