Just because I write fiction, it doesn't mean I don't respect and recognize the truth I received this quote today from the blog of author, Pam Grout: Truth sings to you with an absence of conflict, a lightness that requires no defense and offers no offense. Grout's books teach us to manifest the lives we choose and hold visions of a bette...

Bon jou! After a ten year creativity desert, I'm writing again. My new mystery is nearly finished and headed to an editor. Lotus Angelle Hayes is a California native with Louisiana Creole roots, just like Sarah. But Lotus lives in Sacramento, finds her groom getting "serviced," minutes before their wedding, and learns to lick her wounds b...

I was thrilled with the opportunity to contribute to an anthology last fall, but writing a short mystery was a bit intimidating. Turned out to be great fun and friends said, "make it a little book." So, it's now a little book on Amazon! California Creole sleuth Sarah Doucette Jean-Louis gets her first chance to make the family Reveillon Dinner, but...

Stuffing Stuff One Stuffing, 3 Dishes The oven can be your best friend when you don't have a lot of time on your hands. Whether you need a meal or sides, don't forget to stick them all in your oven so while they cook, you can work or enjoy a glass of wine. Sarah is into efficiencies, even when sleuthing or planning a dinner party. Here's a great ex...

It has been the year of unimagined happenings. It has been the year of the pivot and a time of flux. So, flux it! Time to approach this differently. Resolution is a firm decision to do or not do something. Evolution is a gradual development of something from a simpler to a more complex form. 2020 was a bitch. Nailbiter elections, a predatory diseas...