While I have fully flipped over into Christmas mode, I have one last post-Thanksgiving thing to share with any of you who celebrated that nearly two weeks ago (!) and maybe — like me — still are dealing with bits and pieces of leftovers. In my case, I wound up with a lot of corn bread…
Author: C C Cedras
One of two authors who are collaborating on a series of romantic suspense novels. Mostly retired lawyer, Mom of Cavalier King Charles spaniels, Fiona and Archie, and the late, great Fergus who is romping over the rainbow until we all get there, currently loving life in my newly-built forever home on the mountain.
Spreading the Love
I always love finding an opportunity to brag about Fergus. He’s just the sweetest, funniest, most loving little dog. Perfect for me in every way. Well, maybe if he didn’t still get me up at 3 or 4 in the morning because his bladder is about to burst … One hopes as he gets older,…
Happy Thanksgiving from Our Families to Yours
For our friends who are spending this Thursday marking the Thanksgiving holiday with family and friends, and for our friends around the world who celebrate big family-oriented holidays, this quick post is for you. Maybe you’re crying over chopping onions, or maybe you’re just crying…let’s face it, when we get everyone together over massive amounts…
Some Gluten Free Yum for the Holidays
Like so many of you, I am looking forward to having lots of family and company at my house over the next several weeks as we celebrate whatever holidays are meaningful to us. This always gets me inspired to plan menus, seek out or study new recipes…and this year, possibly for the first time in…
Big Bad Times Three
The Big Bad started as a TV trope1 – an evil force that works to corrupt, defeat, eliminate the protagonist of the story – and has become a term of art in fiction writing as well. A Big Bad is not, necessarily, the nastiest or even primary villain of the piece, but could be the…
How Do You Find Your Zen?
Urban Dictionary zen One way to think of zen is this: a total state of focus that incorporates a total togetherness of body and mind. Zen is a way of being. It also is a state of mind. Zen involves dropping illusion and seeing things without distortion created by your own thoughts. “Sun is warm,…
A Day In The Life of Fergus
I don’t know about you guys, but I think we all need some cute puppy stuff up in here. I can’t bear to watch or read the news these days, and so I distract myself. Or it’s more accurate to say, Fergus distracts me. In the best ways possible. This morning, because I knew I…
I’ll Take Triggers for $500, Alex
This isn’t what I was planning to write about today. I planned to do a lovely, grateful post about how my goldfinches are back after many weeks of absence prompted by the bear damage to the bird feeder station that put it out of commission for such a long time. Okay, while I’m at it…
#amreading
I can attest that K. R. Brorman, S. A. Young and I are all voracious readers. When we can’t sit down with a physical book or an e-reader, K. R. and I are driving around in our cars, or have our earbuds in place listening to audio books. We’ll win S. A. over to this…
Falling
Autumn is a bittersweet time for many people, me included. Whether it’s the imprinting of childhood — summer is over, hot weather pastimes are put aside and it’s back to the work of life, or the memories of sweet autumns past that won’t be relived — I feel more than nostalgia. I feel a tender melancholy…