Southern California is well known for erratic harsh wind conditions nicknamed Santa Ana. Either named for the city, the historic figure, or something else entirely, it makes little difference what they called it, but all I know for certain is that it wreaks havoc on the neighborhood.  Well, not so much the neighborhood itself but a crucial part of the neighborhood…the trashcans.

Haunted Ends

After several years of writing  I've finally decided to publish my first novel on Amazon.

White Paper

I find myself from time to time gazing at a blank piece of paper, my imagination running amok with possibilities; ideas that could cover the page. There’s something about the crisp look of blank paper that always excites me. Possibly since the page comes across as fresh and untarnished yet has the outward appearance that it desperately needs to be filled with knowledge.

Cheap Books

If you like to read as much as I do, you probably find yourself with shelves full of books. You may also find yourself spending a lot of time at the bookstore searching for books that might be out of print. Your shelves fill-up fast, your mind expands but your wallet keeps getting lighter and lighter. It's a vicious cycle but here is a great way to curb that cycle by recycling your books. Here's how...

Miracle Laptop

I learned something very interesting the other day... sadly out of necessity. I left my laptop in sleep mode while my husband and I went to the movies (by the way Frozen is wonderful! I highly suggest taking the little ones to see it). When we returned home, about 4 hours later, both out computers somehow were jostled out of sleep mode, possibly from a power jolt, but mine never “woke-up”.  All I had was a bunch of flashing lights, taunting me with their agonizing rhythm, but the computer itself wouldn’t load past the point to access the hard drive.

Vampires

What doesn't belong in the sentence: cannibalism, midnight, heartbreaking love, or undead? If you said midnight... well sorry you didn't win the gold star. But if heartbreaking love caught your eye as being a little sordid along side cannibalism and the undead then you are among one of the top percentage of sane people in the US right now. For some unknown, or perhaps undead, reason people are flocking to bookstores to read the newest and greatest blood-sucking adventures. And it isn't just localized to books. More and more movies are filmed to coincide with the money-making marvel that this new craze of Vampire-isms is creating.

Techno-Zombies

On a recent trip to the mall I came across a rather peculiar oddity that I could only describe as techno-zombies. These aren’t the regular kind of zombies depicted in horror movies running after hot women with large breasts and tasty brain matter. These were the kind of zombies whose brains have been, quite literally, replaced by their cell-phones, and their fingers permanently affixed to the keypad. They are so completely oblivious to the world around them that simple tasks, such as walking, cause them great trauma and bewilderment.