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Winter in the Colorado Rockies 12.14.04 This weekend, I went to the mountains with a friend–made a wide loop around the high country, through Frisco and Breckenridge (in genuinely miserable weather–trust me, you do not want to drive mountain passes on snow, ice and blowing snow!!), then the next day into Aspen. The storm [...] 12-08-04 I spent a few days last week with a friend who has a house overlooking the Ohio River. The guest room is high on the top floor of the house, and the bed is right against a bank of windows, so I felt as if I was in a tree house. At night, [...] 11-28-04
The picture speaks for itself. Let me just add that it was early morning, there was no one but me and an old man who was running. It was so quiet I could hear the rabbits scrambling beneath bushes. Not a breath of wind. Not a voice or an engine or a [...] 11-26-04 I ran a 5K race last Saturday morning! I know, I know. Not such a huge thing….not such a long race, but let’s get real here: I’m a 40-something ex-smoker. I’ve been a serious walker for years, and I’ve been hiking seriously at altitude for a couple of years, but I only started [...] Writing romances as an act of courage Luncheon Speech, Dallas, July 2004 Author preface: It’s a dark talk, but remember, I do know how to deliver a happy ending…. It’s an unholy world we’re living in, isn’t it? Over the past five years, it has become an increasingly dangerous place. I sometimes look back [...] Or, there really is magic in the world if you just let yourself see it… 07-06-04 J. is my niece. She’s three and a half, with yards of spun sugar hair and big blue eyes. She loves princesses. Her room is decorated with them: Snow White and Cinderella and Belle–wallpaper and bedspread, books [...]
–It’s a cool, cloudy, restful sort of morning in Colorado. I puttered into the kitchen and looked out my kitchen window to see that the old pink roses are in bloom, tumbling over their restraints like some wild creature, bright splashes of color dotting the air and lawn. The sight makes me feel [...] 04-29-04 A few things I’ve found worth reading lately RIDING WITH THE QUEEN, Jennie Shortridge. A first novel that reads like a 20th, about a down-and-out blues singer with some mother issues who goes home to Denver to work out her life. EXPAT, Women’s True Tales of Life Abroad, Edited by Christina Henry de [...] 04-27-04
Ordinarily, I don’t brag here, but if my son had been drafted by the NFL, you’d want me to say so… My son Ian is madly in love with debate. Happily, he fell in love with a girl who is also in love with it, and they are a parlimentary debate team [...] Impressions and Conversations… 04-20-04 –In the Colorado Springs airport security line, I talked to the old man in front of me. He was worried that they’d take his cigarette lighter and I said I didn’t think they would. He had my grandmother’s cornflower blue eyes in a dark, high-boned face, and told me his [...] |
Barbara Samuel O'Neal is the author of more than thirty award-winning novels, including Rita Award Winning THE LOST RECIPE FOR HAPPINESS, THE SECRET OF EVERYTHING and HOW TO BAKE A PERFECT LIFE .
Her newest book THE GARDEN OF HAPPY ENDINGS is available APRIL 17, 2012! 
A native of Colorado, Barbara loves teaching, travel, reading, writing, yoga, walking, food, cooking, photography and...okay, reality television. |
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