Author name: Barbara

My mother had a number of pithy sayings that tickled my funny bone. For example, she used to say, most sincerely, “I know God never gives you more than you can handle, but I wish He didn’t have such a high opinion of me!” She had every right to that statement, because she held my […]

Any art form is essentially solitary work. The best offerings emerge from the depths of the artist’s soul. After a great creative session, one feels drained, tired and happy, because all that tumultuous emotion is now pinned to the page. In the best of all possible worlds, the artist then can reconnect with other artists,

"Could be either," Kale replied. Lila, the Mo’o, is an important character in The Crystalline Vision, and a most unusual one. A Mo’o is a mythical being unique to the Hawaiian Islands. An article in Maui Magazine describes them this way. “Most moʻo of legend are female, shapeshifters capable of appearing as beautiful maidens or

I’m sorry, Book 2. I know it’s not fair. Book 1 got so much fanfare when it was born and you popped out into the world with hardly a notice. I promise, you’re just as important.  I love you just as much. In fact, carrying you was especially exciting, because you’re so different. You’re full

Today started off chilly and rainy, and today gets an award for consistency, because it’s still rainy and chilly! And it’s a beautiful day, because my sister Debbie is here visiting. We have a lot of fun and get along really well (now that we’re grown. Heh heh).   …and because my book 1, The Crystalline

  Word of mouth is always the best recommendation! In my dream… His Holiness: "I tell you, Barack, this first book is such a delight that I’ve preordered the series. Such unusual characters and interesting twists and turns. I never heard of this woman, but she describes times when the sacred interacts directly with the

  It’s a girl! Nope!    It’s a boy! Uh uh!    A desert tortoise? An Elk? A horse? A chicken? A grey horned heidschnucke? An antelope? A storm trooper?   NOPE! It’s a… It’s a… It’s a…a…  Ta Da!   It’s a BOOK!  Not just any book, though.   The Crystalline Vision is born! And everybody is already

Yesterday was Earth Day, when so many awakened people celebrate and pray for our beautiful planet. We pray also for those who still sleep, who do not acknowledge this blue-green ball of life spinning through space as a sentient being. We pray for those who think our planetary home is indestructible and who continue to

Meet Terra Kano, Heroine in the Energy Unveiled series. Terra is passionately in love with Nature and every living thing on Planet Earth. Everything more-than-human, that is.        While Terra may have sailed past the half-century mark, she’s prime in every way, and attractive, too. Running nearly every day keeps her fit and strong

Happy Monday! When I was growing up, Monday evening dinners were Steak Night so that Dad would always have a treat to pull him through  Monday. Today, whether you are successfully swimming with the sharks or trying not to drown, you are going to make it. I promse. At the end of the day, here are