Remember not so long ago when you'd go to a bookstore and hear readings by authors? Now another form of getting to know the author is available: the book blog tour. Caring Lessons was out awhile before I stumbled on information about WOW-Women on Writing on the SheWrites site for women writers. WOW was highly …
Continue reading Announcing: Caring Lessons Blog Tour Starts 3/12
your time. I'm playing Grandma again, many miles from home. Leaving the fitness center with my grandchildren this morning, I noticed a sign by the nursery door reminding moms (and grandmoms) that our best gift to our children is our time. I like that. Last week I spoke to a MOPS (mothers of preschoolers) group. A question was raised about how …
It's time to tell you that my “skip sugar” resolution for the month of December paid off. Three pounds lost. Try it. You may find a little thing—a no candy, cake, pie, or cookie deal—could work for you. However, all is not well. At my yearly physical last week, my doctor told me, even if …
Continue reading Resolutions: Weight, Classics, and Simple Things
Books. Libraries. New experiences. I love them all, and tomorrow Palos Heights Public Library, by sponsoring me as a featured author at the Illinois Library Association conference, is giving me the opportunity to immerse myself in all of them at once. As a featured author, I have a full day access to the conference. Did …
Permanent rubber duckies.That was my fear for the 1000 copies of Caring Lessons when, upon their arrival, my husband and I stored them in our bathrooms. Alas, the duckies were not to be. With gratitude to many of you—family, friends, and new friends, I can give an “annual report” that, together, we have sold over …
As featured author on Tuesday, August 23, 7:30pm, I'll be reading excerpts from Caring Lessons: A Nursing Professor's Journey of Faith and Self. See The Reader for details. The Bourgeois Pig Cafe is located at 738 West Fullerton in Chicago. Come early and munch on their yummy sandwiches. The Bourgeois Pig is a cozy, student- …
Continue reading Invite: Book Event, Bourgeois Pig Cafe, Chicago
This afternoon I went to Borders to write, a usual afternoon activity. With the gift cards I get from my family on any holiday that warrants gifts, I'm hooked on buying a vanilla bean cremekula. As the gal reaches for my Borders membership and gift cards, she always asks if I'd like a pastry too.Not …
If you’re a reader and/or a writer, you would love the free, two-day Printers Row Lit Fest, the largest literary event in the Midwest, sponsored by the Chicago Tribune. Read details here. With 200 booksellers, 7 stages, and more than 100 free literary events, I spent an evening scouring the schedule in the Tribune’s insert, …
After being busy last week with three events for Caring Lessons, yesterday I started getting ready for the next reading at Women & Children First here in Chicago on 2/13. I wanted to make a one-page flyer to bring to a few colleges of nursing for them to post on their student bulletin boards. And …
Caring Lessons arrived in Chicago. Our kitchen bar has been transformed into a mail room; Marv is now my post office runner. And, with my trip to Grand Rapids, MI, last weekend, I've met lots of heartwarming old friends from high school (South Christian) and nurses' training (Blodgett Memorial Hospital School of Nursing). Plus new …
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