Dental Care at Community Health Care Hilltop Tacoma  June 5, 2019   I’m writing this not to pitch a bitch, but to report what happened when I went to have a tooth evaluated at Community Health Care on Martin Luther King Jr. Way in Tacoma this past week. The coordination of care there was sadly…

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Backyard Bash   Yesterday afternoon,  five friends stopped by for five delightful hours of frivolous fun.   Author/Dad Christopher and Editor/Mom Amanda  Bailey and their two adorable (and very well-behaved) young daughters, Alex and Erin, were here, as was Christmas Revisited owner Heidi Smith.   I started  a fire in our fire pit near the…

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Medical & Dental Tourism   This week I had a dental situation that, even with a sliding scale, has put me into a financial hole. And what happened is bound to happen again as the crowns and fillings in my mouth begin to deteriorate after a lifetime of use.   I’ve been reading International Living…

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Bathroom Makeover When I replaced the drywall in the ceiling that got soaked and ruined because of a (now-patched) leak in the roof, I wasn’t imagining an entire bathroom makeover. But putting the drywall up and masking it off and sanding it down and spackling it and repainting it was such a PITA for me…

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Yay-Sayers Debuts at #1 in the Teen & Young Adult Careers Nonfiction eBooks Category                   New guide encourages students to follow their chief promoters’ advice   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE           Yay-Sayers: The Good Guides hit the ground running this week when it debuted at #1 in the Teen…

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I’m rolling out an understated book launch so I can have ten copies of two of my new books (Enduring Legacy and Yay-Sayers) available for upcoming bazaars and conventions in mid-May and beyond.   And yes, I know!   An unofficial book launch doesn’t sound much like a marketing plan, but I had to get proactive…

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My three new books are ready to roll out.   But on that score, I HAVE BAD NEWS AND GOOD NEWS.   FIRST THE BAD NEWS   One of my Kelley Phone Tag volumes is so enormous that I’ll have to charge $19.99 for it.   KDP won’t allow me to charge anything less than…

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If Bernie Sanders (to whom I owe my allegiance for the decades he has spent doing the right thing for the American people, and for pushing the progressive agenda to the forefront of American justice) weren’t running for the Presidency, I would be on board with Mayor Pete Buttigieg (pronounced boot-eh-jej) 100%. Everything I’ve seen…

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I woke up from one of the funniest/weirdest “celebrity” dreams I’ve ever had this morning. I think it may have occurred because I just signed 40 copies of my book ahead of the Forks convention so I only need to personalize them as people buy them.  (If there’s a long line of De fans,  I…

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A new book was birthed in my brain last night.   They’ve all arrived the same way.   I’ll feel “pregnant with possibility” for several weeks, not knowing what to expect.   And then one night, in the middle of the night, the premise for a new book alights. It intrigues me at first, and…

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