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image courtesy of Igor Podobriy from Pixabay Thursday, June 4, 2026 Waning Moon Pluto Retrograde Sunny and pleasant You can read about the latest on the garden on Gratitude and Growth. I got two of the three requested play submissions out to the producer yesterday morning. It took longer than I hoped, because I was reading through various scripts and making tweaks. The third I have to…

image courtesy of OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay Thursday, June 4, 2026 Third Quarter Moon Waning in Capricorn Pluto Retrograde Celtic Tree Month of Hawthorn Sunny and pleasant It’s supposed to warm up in the next few days. The evenings have dipped back down into the 30’s, and the heat’s been on. I haven’t been able to put any more plants out back, but the plants out there are doing…

image courtesy of Welcome to All ! ツ from Pixabay Wednesday, June 3, 2026 Waning Moon Sunny and pleasant Here we are at Wednesday. Yesterday was just beautiful out, not too hot or humid, bright, sunny, and clear. After breakfast, I wrote out the bills and a couple of thank you cards for the people who opened their spaces to the crib crawl last week, got stamps on everything and walked down…

image courtesy of M. from Pixabay Tuesday, June 2, 2026 Waning Moon Pluto Retrograde Sunny and Pleasant Happy June! Hope you’re having a strong start to the month. You can read the Community Tarot Reading for the Week here. We are using the Mystic Mondays Tarot, which is a brightly colored, modern deck. Friday was a beautiful, sunny day. After the morning chores, I sat down to go through…

image courtesy of Pexels from Pixabay Monday, June 1, 2026 Final Day of Full/Blue Moon Pluto Retrograde Sunny and pleasant Welcome to a new week and a new month. I hope you had a great weekend. You can read the Community Tarot Reading for the Week here. New deck for the new month! Today, I have a 20K ghostwriting deadline. It’s also the start of End of Play, and I wrote my day’s 3 pages…

image courtesy of Andrew Martin from Pixabay Friday, May 29, 2026 Waxing Moon Pluto Retrograde Partly sunny and pleasant Here we are, another Friday! I hope you have some fun plans for the weekend. Yesterday morning, I managed to get out a play submission before meditation, but that was about it. By the time I got the blog post up, it was too close to the start of meditation group to pull…

image courtesy of Gordon Johnson from Pixabay Thursday, May 28, 2026 Waxing Moon Pluto Retrograde Sunny and pleasant You can read the latest on the garden over on Gratitude and Growth. There’s actually something to write this week. After breakfast, I did a bunch of admin, then got the laundry folded and put away, and put aside the pieces that need ironing and those that need mending. I…

image courtesy of JUNE JUNG from Pixabay Thursday, May 28, 2026 Second Quarter Moon Waxing in Scorpio Pluto Retrograde Celtic Tree Month of Hawthorn Sunny and pleasant We’re almost at the end of May, and the weather’s been all over the place. A few hot days, lots of cooler ones. I’m behind in the planting and the repotting, but I’m getting there, slowly but surely. I started bringing…

image courtesy of Jill Wellington from Pixabay Wednesday, May 27, 2026 Waxing Moon Pluto Retrograde Cloudy and warm Mid-week, here we are. After yesterday’s morning chores, I settled into work. I wanted to go back to I WILL BE DIFFERENT, but it needs to sit for a bit, so I can look at it with fresh eyes. Checked with the problematic client. No work right now (it’s been nearly two months,…

image courtesy of Julia Boldt from Pixabay Tuesday, May 26, 2026 Waxing Moon Pluto Retrograde Foggy and a little warmer I hope you had a good weekend, and, if it was a holiday weekend for you, enjoyed the holiday. Restful or playful, depending on what you wanted and needed. You can read the Community Tarot Reading for the Week here. Friday warmed up a bit and got brighter, which was nice.…

image courtesy of  Avelino Calvar Martinez from Pixabay Monday, May 25, 2026 Waning Moon Pluto Retrograde Rainy and cold Today is Memorial Day, here in the US, a holiday for many, unless they are in the hospitality industry. It’s rained all weekend, and I feel bad for people who came up here, hoping for a long weekend with lots of outdoor activities. I have a couple of things going on this…

image courtesy of MonikaDesigns from Pixabay Friday, May 22, 2026 Waxing Moon Pluto Retrograde Partly cloudy and cold A Friday before the long weekend. Woo-hoo! Wednesday night, after I scheduled the blog post, I ran 20 Fearless Ink business cards and 10 Pages on Stages cards. I couldn’t imagine I’d need more than that. Well, I could imagine it, but it wasn’t practical. (I didn’t need…

image courtesy of succo from Pixabay Thursday, May 21, 2026 Waxing Moon Pluto Retrograde It’s supposed to be cool and pleasant, but I have no idea what it actually is, because I’m scheduling this to post. There’s no Gratitude and Growth this week. I did very little on the garden front, and doing a placeholder post isn’t worth it. I have to be out the door a little after 7 AM this morning,…

MURDER BELLS

Nina Bell Mysteries #2

Contains 2 holiday-themed novelettes and a novella:

“Too Much Mistletoe” – a missing roommate

“Tumble” – a colleague dead in the dryer

A Stylish Death – a rich donor is murdered at a gala

Through it all, Nina deals with love, lust, theatre, rock ‘n roll, murder – and too many choices under the mistletoe.

Available on multiple platforms for $4.99

Print $13.99

image courtesy of Vicki Becker from Pixabay Wednesday, May 20, 2026 Waxing Moon Pluto Retrograde Cloudy and warm Happy mid-week! Hope yours is going well. The first obstacle of the day was that I couldn’t set the Alice scene from I WILL BE DIFFERENT at the Barbizon Hotel because it hadn’t yet opened in the year I need the scene to be set in. Nor had the Allerton, another choice. So I set it…

MURDER BELLS

Nina Bell Mysteries #2

Contains 2 holiday-themed novelettes and a novella:

“Too Much Mistletoe” – a missing roommate

“Tumble” – a colleague dead in the dryer

A Stylish Death – a rich donor is murdered at a gala

Through it all, Nina deals with love, lust, theatre, rock ‘n roll, murder – and too many choices under the mistletoe.

Available on multiple platforms for $4.99

Print $13.99

image courtesy of meineresterampe from Pixabay Tuesday, May 19, 2026 Waxing Moon Pluto Retrograde Cloudy and hot Hello, and welcome to another week! You can read the Community Tarot Reading for the Week here. Friday, I did some admin, then headed out to the pharmacy for my mom. It was quick trip, but all I wanted to do when I got home was laze on the sofa with the cats. Not an option,…