Great suggestions! Love that you have a stove for warmth. My office gets cold in winter so it pushes me to the kitchen table. I’m inspired to invest in a space heater to avoid the distractions

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Seven ceramic bowls, made of varying hues of blues, tans, and browns, sit aligned in a row on a rough-plank porch railing-stained dark brown-high above a red brick patio.

My mother is an artist.
I love her work to pieces.
Some shown here.

Fully.

A bloom of a yellow dahlia edged with nature’s brushstrokes ofred pigments. Petals opening up around a red center

My kind of heaven! Sharing a photo of a dahlia in my yard. #utah #northernutah

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A post from a few years back, I still feel like I was onto something here…

#kidlitart, #kidlitillustration,

“In-between Places” by #AlexKillian and #GradyMcFerrin is a wonderful book about transitions. It’s about those moments between. The simple text moves from statement to metaphor and is accompanied by rich illustrations. It’s a perfect book to explore those moments of uncertainty. #PicturebookPage

Ha! Yep!

Thank you! I found more! Funny thing is, now that I remember planting them, I remember thinking I would forget I had done so, and be surprised 🤩

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2 Yellow tulips blooms in narrow flower bed.

Happy gift to me!
I forgot I planted these last fall… seeing their blooms on a rainy gray morning earlier this week surprised and delighted me!
#tulips #happyspring

Thank you, Hawai’i. Mahalo. You were beautiful. Until next time. 🌸🌺🌼
#springbreak
#hawaii
#ocean #family

Pastures greening up in foreground, snow capped mountains in background, sunlit clouds top off the blue sky

Going to work
Is not so bad
With views like this

Purple crocus flowers with bright orange centers blooms from garden soil

#Spring beauty
Crocus beckoning
Bird song

Just some turkeys enjoying the view at Bear Lake in Utah last weekend. #uplift
#writing retreat #kidlit

Check this out #kidlit writers! I can’t wait for this class to begin! #nfkidlit there’s still time to join!

Thank you so much for the awesome “Bitsy Bat, Team Star” interview, Monica! This was so fun! #kidlit #bitsybat #bitsybatteamstar #autismacceptance

Sending good vibes for a speedy recovery!

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I revised 2 manuscripts—both had been proving difficult to move forward on.

Drafted a new PB

Seems like my writing progress was somewhat miraculous this weekend

Wooho! I have a mix of veggies and flowers! Can’t wait!

It’s like waiting for a pot of water to boil!
#seeds #spring

Got back into revising a PB that has been calling for attention 🎉🖊️

Have you rolled in the
snow today?
#joys #positivity #uplift

I’ll follow this ‘nose to the ground’
anywhere.
“Puppy love”

Ha! so clever! love this

love these!

congratulations! the hardest part is done!
Next step, let it sit, let the voice simmer, then hone in on that.

You've got this!

Looking forward to next weekend!
Life, the Universe, & Everything conference for #writers!

Where? #Utah!

I'll be talking about comic style books, plot, and engaging readers in your story.

I agree! Thanks, Rene! Not silly at all. ❤️