Pat Wahler

April 18, 2019 6 Comments

Yes, it’s true. I’ve got the blog-slacker blues. With a goal to publish a post every other Wednesday, my follow-through lately has been less than

March 14, 2019 14 Comments

Last week I had the great good fortune to participate in some wonderful writer/reader fun. An author I admire came to my area on her

February 27, 2019 14 Comments

Up to my eyeballs in edits, a stack of accounting work piled on the floor, and a house that will soon be in need of

February 6, 2019 19 Comments

Here we are, already approaching mid-February. Can you believe it? February 14 is right around the corner, and the perfect time for me to put

January 23, 2019 6 Comments

Many years ago, I read a novel titled And Ladies of the Club by Helen Hooven Santmyer. It’s an enormous and sweeping story that begins when

January 9, 2019 14 Comments

January is a time when most people consider what they want to do in the new year. Lose fifty pounds? Exercise two hours every day?

December 19, 2018 8 Comments

December is a natural point to reflect on the bumps and bright spots of the year. For me, it takes some thought to process everything,

December 5, 2018 10 Comments

December is here and the spirit of Christmas surrounds me like a cozy patchwork quilt made up of everything I love about the season. We’ve

November 21, 2018 8 Comments

It doesn’t seem possible, but Thanksgiving arrives tomorrow. I’m in the kitchen working on make-ahead dishes while hoping for a moment or two where I

November 7, 2018 6 Comments

We are seven days into National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), and all over the world writers are tapping their keyboards as fast as their fingers