“Matlock has a gift for telling what she calls ‘the secret lives of ordinary people.’”
~Detroit Free Press
Latest Posts
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Garden Bloggers Bloom Day
I don’t have horses anymore. So why are there three horses in my front yard? Oh, I recognize those horses. They belong next door in the pasture. Yippee! They’ve come for a visit. Who says I don’t have horses anymore? But what to do with them? Don’t want anyone, or the horses, to get hurt.…
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Time Management, and other hopeful joys
We are one week today into 2013 (just in case you didn’t know). So far so good on this end. I’m still excited about the new year. Everything I desire still seems possible. I am imprinting this mindset in order to get back to it weeks from now when the world has spun me around…
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Just Now at Year’s End, Year’s Beginning
Another year comes to a close, stating the obvious. Writing the title of this post, I suddenly see: whenever there is an ending, there is a new beginning. Endings and beginnings go together. We may not care for the ending, sometimes an ending is horrible in that moment, other times it is a great relief…
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Memories that Keep on Giving
From our house to yours ~ Wishing you a very Merry Christmas! My parents– especially my mother, for I know it was her innate ability to go deep in denial and enjoy the fantasies out of books and movies–loved to give us kids a magical Christmas. I think of what trouble my parents went to–deeper…
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Broken Snow Globe
My small grandson, Sweetie-Pie, brought home secret presents from his school’s Christmas shop. He was so excited: “You are gonna love it, Nana!” I sat in the living room reading, while Sweetie-Pie and Papa worked to wrap the presents. Papa’s was already wrapped in tissue paper from school, so it was okay for him to…
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Book Giveaway — Miracle On I-40, a Christmas romance
I’m giving away a copy of my Christmas book, Miracle On I-40. Simply fill out the form below and you’ll be entered in the drawing for the hardback edition. Ends Saturday night, 12/1/2012 midnight. I have to admit that I still have not been able to happily make the move to reading ebooks. I’ll have…
“Matlock writes about generous people striving to live and love well. She does it beautifully.
~ Contra Costa Times
Curtiss Ann Matlock 