I’ve always tried to keep my blog upbeat, but this has been a difficult time, so please bear with me. First there was my father’s illness and death, the funeral and cleaning out the apartment, returning home, grieving and trying to catch up  … and then I got hit with a lulu of a gastrointestinal something that knocked me out for the better part of the week (though I managed to honor commitments in Upland and Burbank, where the enthusiastic fans gave me a life)…. and now it’s turned into a horrible lower back something-or-other that makes it difficult to sit at my desk. All this is something less than a month.

I definitely do NOT like to talk about my aches, pains and problems and probably never will again in this blog, but I just wanted to explain the lack of posts and if you’ve written me a snail mail fan letter, I WILL get to it.

 Many thanks to all of you who have expressed your condolences. Your enthusiasm for my books has meant so much to me. And next week, I plan on being back to speed! Meanwhile, scroll down and read some of my past posts and remember, you can always contact me by using the CONTACT ME at the bottom of the page.