Suicide Prevention Week Blog Hop Giveaway

I chose to participate in this blog hop because I think it’s a worthy cause. It makes me feel sick inside that such a large number of people find their lives so unbearable that such a final step seems like the answer. Because it is final. There is no chance for it to...

Hop Against Homophobia & Transphobia – Winner!

Wow – I was away/offline for most of the hop, but I can see a tremendous number of people participated, and that’s just awesome! As for me, I was going to donate $2 for each comment I got on my post. I had 31 responses, so $62. But I like to round up, so I...

Hop Against Homophobia & Transphobia

Welcome to the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia! There have been a lot of strides forward this past year, haven’t there? Obviously there’s still a long way to go, but there are two topics I’d like to comment on. First – More states and...

Birthday Bash Winner!

Thank you to everyone who stopped by to help me celebrate this milestone birthday! As it turns out, aside from a lovely meal at The Melting Pot, the weekend was very low key.  I’m saving my energy for Boston 🙂 Thanks to the folks at random.org, my winner is...

Birthday Bash 2.0 & Contest

Happy Birthday to me! The big 4-0 has found me plagued with health problems. Clearly, I should have invested in the extended warranty! Nevertheless, to celebrate I’m giving away a $40 gift certificate for All Romance eBooks to one commenter, either on this post,...

Birthday Bash Contest

Tomorrow is my birthday (I’ll have another post with more details about that) but today, I thought I’d start posting. Primarily because I started celebrating about two weeks ago, and the celebration will culminate in a 4-day trip to Boston next weekend...