While putting together my 2025 Christmas letters, I started watching Itchy Boots @ItchyBoots on YouTube. About three years ago an… Read more Itchy Boots and Me
While putting together my 2025 Christmas letters, I started watching Itchy Boots @ItchyBoots on YouTube. About three years ago an… Read more Itchy Boots and Me
One of the side benefits of having my Between Two Freedoms book launch parties all around the country is reconnecting… Read more Auction Sales by John Koltiska
Five days of quiet and quarantine was just what the doctor ordered. I walked in the California sunshine every day… Read more Covid Clean, China Peak and Peaches
One of the questions was, “Do you have friends?” The choices were 1. None; 2. One or two; 3. A few; 4. Many.
It’s ten and a half hours from Elk Grove, California to Sun Valley, Idaho. I had driven two nine-hour days… Read more Sun Valley, Japanese Internment Camps, Bald Mountain and Community Reads
On Saturday I joined 8 other writers who work with Beaver’s Pond Press (my publishing company) and attended a sales… Read more Roxane Battle seminar: Deciding to be a Hit!
When there’s money flowing, things get done. In June of 2018 I began working with Beaver’s Pond Press in earnest,… Read more The Journey Begins with Step One
Yesterday I met another writer to discuss our work, our goals, our dreams. This woman was a friend through a… Read more Building Awareness
Writers’ Group, Maureen Millea-Smith April 11, May 9, @ Edina Community Center 7-9 pm, Edina Community Center April 20-22, 2018… Read more Upcoming or Current Events