Music Tells My Stories

Good morning, my Lovelies! It's Thursday and though it is a bit chilly here, the sun is shining and it is absolutely beautiful out there! And even though I've been off my game over the past couple of weeks, I feel better this morning and am in a much better mood. (Lucky you!) I hope all is well where you are and that you have been having an amazing week! It has come to my attention recently that I have some friends and acquaintances, people that know me fairly well, who might normally read books in the genre that I write, who are a little...apprehensive about giving my books a try. Why? It seems that they can't or have trouble separating the "me" they know from the persona that I take on when I write.   I guess the fact that I write so openly and so descriptively about sex is just weird for them on some level. In one way I can see that, but in another, I can't. Talking so openly about sex is nothing new for me and those that have been friends with me for a lon...

Good morning, my Lovelies! It's Friday morning and I am away on my much-needed Author's Weekend! My week up until yesterday was...well, shame on me. I started to tell you all that it was alright, a little long as I was looking forward to getting away, but alright. Then I realized that would be lying to you and I told you I wouldn't do that.  There have been some hurtful things this week, some frustrating things this week, but I'm trying my hardest to move on and let things go. You see, Valentine's Day has never been all that great for me. Maybe I make too much of it, but it bothers me that although I know my husband loves me deeply, he doesn't make effort to honor that with any kind of gift - not even a card. (Well, a card MIGHT happen if for some unknown reason he were to find himself in a store around that time of year.) I truly can't remember the last time I got a Valentine's Day card from him. So, every year, while chocolate, flowers, and candy are b...

Good morning, my Lovelies! Let me just start this blog by telling you that this has not been the best of weeks for me. I'm trying to be positive, but the past few days have been hard for me. How about you? Things alright in your corner of the world? I hope so and I hope that even if you've been having a hard week, you've found a reason to smile. Have you ever slept through the night but awakened more exhausted than when you went to bed? Well, that has been me this week. More specifically, Monday night. I had unusual and upsetting dreams, and it seemed as if they were constant throughout the night. Basically, I woke up feeling as if I'd run a damn marathon. I'm mentally and physically exhausted, and here it is several days later and I can't seem to shake it. So what were the dreams? Well, I know I've told you all before of my friend who passed a few years ago, but I've never shared anything about another friend of mine who died a little over 20 years ago....

Good morning, my Lovelies! Thursday has come and gone and I'm just now sitting down to write out this week's blog. I'm sorry I'm late, but as I've said time and again, shit happens. Ok, here's that check-in with all of you. How are ya? Have you had a good week? Have you smiled? Have you done something that made someone smile? I sure hope so! I have good news to share! I've finally been transferred back to the city that I live in. That means no more long commutes for me. That means a return (somewhat) of my sanity. But most of all, it means that I get a return of some of that time that I wasted driving for over two hours each and every day for the past year and a half.  So maybe my time wasn't completely wasted. I mean, I was doing important work (mostly), and I did use that time for deep thought and introspection, planning my blogs, working through problems, and thinking of book plots. But even though I was doing all of that it still feels like it was ti...

Good afternoon, my Lovelies! Thursday has arrived and I’m here to share some of my craziness with you. I hope the crazy in your part of the world has been at an acceptable level and that you’ve found a reason to smile this week! I told you all from the very beginning of this blog that I was going to be 100% authentic with you and not hide anything. I’ve had moments of complete chaos that I’ve shared, and I’ve shared my worst episodes of depression. I’ve shared my happy thoughts, my frustrated thoughts. I’ve told you about things I love, hate, need, and want. I’ve told you stories of times with friends and family and shared pieces of my soul. I’ve laughed and I’ve cried, and I’ve been more at peace with who I am as a person, more at peace with my life. Each week I give you a little part of myself and I have had so many people reach out to me and tell me how much they enjoy the fact that I’m honest about what’s going on in my life, in my head, and in my heart. It isn’t always easy,...

Greetings, my Lovelies! I want to open this blog being upbeat and positive and giving you all good vibes for your day, but I'm seriously in a pisser of a mood today. I'm extremely bitchy and I'm going to try my hardest not to let my bad vibes bleed through to you, but if I do, forgive me.  So, how's life? I hope it's going great! I do have a question for you and I sincerely hope that you all will give me some feedback because I'm very, very interested. Ok, here we go... Who's on your Hall Pass list? Now, I'm assuming that you all know what a Hall Pass list is, but just for clarification purposes - Who's on your list of celebrities that, should the opportunity arise (haha), should the conditions be right, would you have sex with - no remorse/no consequences? Do you even have a Hall Pass list? Now, I know some people only have five people on their list. I, however, have to have ten slots available. There are just so many to choose from! (Or, maybe I ju...

Good morning, my Lovelies! You will notice that not only am I on time, but I'm bright and early this morning. Yes, my blog inspiration hit early enough in the week that I had this one written and ready to publish on Monday! I love how one week I struggle to find my words and the next I can't seem to hold them back. Anyway, I hope you have had a lovely week and that you've had a reason to smile! So, I'm fairly certain that I mentioned after I shut down my Patreon, my intent was to take those erotic short stories and poems that I had posted (plus those I had yet to post) and turn them into a book. That is exactly what I've been doing. I've worked pretty hard on this book and there is still a long way to go, but I'm excited to see how it turns out and what everyone thinks.  The twist, if I hadn't already shared with you, is that some of the stories in this book will be true stories. I have several of the true ones written down and I have to tell you, it abs...

Good afternoon, my Lovelies! It's that time of the week and I'm ready to brighten your world with my amazingly insightful ramblings. Or, show you more of my crazy. It's up to you to choose how you receive it. How's your week been? I hope it has been fantastic! Mine? Well, it's my first week back to work after vacation. How do you think it has been? Truthfully, it hasn't been horrible. We got a foot of snow on Monday and I had another day added to my time off. We don't get snows like that often here. You see, no matter what people across the United States think, Delaware is NOT in the northeast. We are not north. Delaware sits about the middle of the country on the eastern shore. For some insane reason, we always get clumped together with Maine, Rhode Island, Vermont. Learn your geography, people! Anyway, I don't know why, but snowfall like what we got makes me think of the mountains. Thinking of the mountains makes me think of travel. And thinking of tra...

Good afternoon, my Lovelies!  It's Friday and I have so much on my mind that I don't know where to start. By the way, y'all can't give me crap over being a day late because I was traveling all damn day yesterday, and blogging while driving is frowned upon. That being said, just because I couldn't physically blog, doesn't mean that I wasn't having blog thoughts running through my head. Last week's blog was a little heavy, understandably. So I wanted to make this one a little lighter, a little more fun, a little more...more. So as I was driving I got to thinking about firsts and those special moments in time that become etched into our brains, our hearts, our very souls. It is my most sincere hope that all of my readers have experienced something like this at least once throughout their lives. Have you ever felt this? Let me describe what I'm talking about... Let's say you go on a date, whether that's the first, second, or tenth, and this happe...

Good morning, my Lovelies! How are you? How's life? I hope things are well and that good fortune has looked favorably upon you. I woke bright and early this morning so that I could share with you before the rest of the house woke up. Once they're awake? Complete chaos and I have trouble getting my thoughts together. I apologize in advance, but this is going to be a long one. You see, I'm in Kentucky visiting my parents and there are six of us crammed into a tiny, two-bedroom apartment. So, yes, I'm grateful to be here, grateful for a break from work and my normal day-to-day, grateful for time with my elderly parents, but...chaos, all the same. I wasn't entirely sure how I was going to say all I wanted to say during this particular blog. I told you last week that my hometown was destroyed by a tornado. So let me share my experience with you. The drive from my home to my parents' front door is 908 miles. As we came off the Interstate around midnight you could see ...