As the days continue slipping away… I have to reassess from time to time as to exactly what is important, and prioritize accordingly.    I’ve found it increasingly difficult to find the time I need for writing and sometimes I feel guilt creeping up on me. Then it dawned on me that all these things that interfere are really just life experiences and that, my friends, is a writers best source of story ideas. So, even when I’m not actually writing, my wheels are spinning…filtering and filing away details and plot lines for future use! (Good-by guilt! )

    Since my last blog, I’ve had three more radio interviews and visited the Clarion Presbyterian Church Book Club and the Kane Public Library  Book Club. It’s always fun to listen to readers discuss the motivation and choices of characters I created, with such intensity and interest!

    My husband and I enjoyed eight days at a resort in eastern Tennessee in early June with our three oldest grandchildren, ages 20, 23 and 24. Our usual family vacation fizzled this year and we almost canceled until they insisted they wanted to go with us. And we had such a grand time! 

    Mid-week we drove two hours to Nashville and visited the Grand Old Opry , The Country Music Hall of Fame and enjoyed a Duck Tour of the city. We ate at a dinner theater with live country music that night. It was a day we’ll never forget, all three grandchildren were already country fans.

    The rest of the week was spent fishing, swimming, playing cards and reading. It seemed we just turned around and our week was gone…

  Again time did a number on me; slipping through my fingers just like it always does!