by Olivia | Feb 8, 2012 | Books in Process, Uncategorized
“The Debs.” Three other debut novelists found each other and then included me. So we are four. We all have our first releases on May 1. Our journeys to publishing have varied, but here we all are, facing an exhilarating and terrifying day. Exhilarating because, hey,...
by Olivia | Feb 6, 2012 | Lens on Life, Uncategorized
My friend Lorri (www.keeperscards.com) takes incredible pictures. Often I use them on my blog. My dilemma is that she has so many enticing photos that don’t quite match up with the splats in my brain. I think, “But I want to use that photo!” They often seem to tell a...
by Olivia | Feb 3, 2012 | Mama Says, Uncategorized
When my mom sits in the living room, it’s always at the same corner of the couch, with an oversized ottoman handy for multiple purposes and an end table to set down her Pepsi or keep her glasses handy. And the dog, of course, is snug against her thigh. One night, she...
by Olivia | Feb 1, 2012 | Books in Process, Uncategorized
Today I bring you a guest post from Steve Reginald, the guy who singlehandedly is dragging all of us to the nineteenth century on the Avenue of Dreams. Almost three years ago, I sat in the coach house of the Glessner House Museum, in Chicago, for the first time. I was...
by Olivia | Jan 30, 2012 | Lens on Life, Uncategorized
On a recent jaunt by air, I was on a plane that backed from the gate, rumbled to the runway, and then stopped. A few minutes later, the captain announced that some gizmo or other was not working, and without it, we would have to fly at an elevation under 25,000 feet...
by Olivia | Jan 27, 2012 | Mama Says, Uncategorized
My mother has never been one to leave her bed unmade. She just doesn’t do that. Ever. (I did not inherit that gene. Just so you know.) My mother also is known to go on organizing binges. She went on one in her bedroom while I was visiting. I was minding my own...
