by Olivia | Aug 1, 2014 | Uncategorized
The Pursuit of Lucy Banning, the first in the Avenue of Dreams series, is free in ebook formats for a few weeks. If you haven’t read the series yet, here’s your chance. Happy reading! Kindle Nook...
by Olivia | Jul 7, 2014 | Books in Process, Uncategorized
How’s your summer? Mine is busy. Sometimes I feel like this photo—living in a fog where I can’t see the next step ahead. But I’m also looking forward to the fog lifting and seeing what surprises are on the other side of the bridge. In the spirit of a...
by Olivia | Jun 30, 2014 | Lens on Life, Uncategorized
If you’ve ever been on the receiving end of a Word document that originated with someone else, you know that sometimes the formatting can be wonky. Because of the nature of a project I’m part of, this has been happening to me quite a bit lately. Extra line...
by Olivia | Jun 23, 2014 | Lens on Life, Uncategorized
On a recent Saturday, I worked in the yard for a while, listening to an audiobook to distract me from how much I dislike it. I enjoy being outdoors and love the sun. I am less fond of the actual work of trying to control a bazillion weeds every summer. But I was doing...
by Olivia | Jun 16, 2014 | Uncategorized
A few weeks ago I traveled to Illinois to visit my mother, who has been living in an assisted living community for the last year. Believe me, you can spend all day moving from one scheduled activity to another. Wii bowling. Dog visitors. Musical entertainers. Card...
by Olivia | Jun 9, 2014 | Lens on Life, Uncategorized
Last week one of my great-nephews turned a year old, and I had a chat with my eighty-eight-year-old mother about the occasion. She commented that, looking back, it always seems like that first year goes so fast because the baby changes so much that it hardly seems...
by Olivia | Jun 2, 2014 | Lens on Life, Uncategorized
We’ve been painting this summer. It’s been a looong time since we painted the main rooms of our house. And about nine months ago our daughter moved out, and we’ve turned that room into a cozy TV room. (Which may explain my heightened Netflix habit of...
by Olivia | May 26, 2014 | Lens on Life, Uncategorized
Last year at this time, I did something I’d never done before. I drove from Chicago to Colorado Springs by myself. I once drove from Chicago to LA, but I was caravaning with another car. This time I was on my own. And I liked it. I didn’t realize I would....
by Olivia | May 19, 2014 | Lens on Life, Uncategorized
School was serious business. From circle time in kindergarten to graduating college magna cum laude with a double major, if I was a student, then I was a student! But one of the longest lasting lessons came from a day I missed school. Perhaps I had missed a day of...
by Olivia | May 12, 2014 | Lens on Life, Uncategorized
Saturdays are bear down days. During the week, I have a full-time job, so Saturdays are get-serious-about-writing-even-if-you-don’t-feel-like-it days. Being a creature of habit helps tremendously with this. If I stay home, though, it’s easy to be...
