Today is Ash Wednesday, the day that marks the opening day of Lent, a period of atonement and abstention in the Christian, particularly Catholic, tradition. Although I no longer attend Catholic masses or actively practice many of the traditions, Lent still seems to me to be a powerful time to practice mindfulness, to notice what excesses [...]
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Barbara Samuel O'Neal is the author of more than thirty award-winning novels, including THE LOST RECIPE FOR HAPPINESS and A native of Colorado, Barbara loves teaching, travel, reading, writing, yoga, walking, food, cooking, photography and...okay, reality television. Current TitlesEmail Me |
February 17th, 2010 | Tags: ash wednesday, barbara oneal, barbara samuel, camino de santiago, journeys, Random Beauties, spain, spiritual practice, walking, writer's life | Category: A Writer Afoot, Random Beauties | 17 comments
I’ve had a good number of requests to post the playlist for THE SECRET OF EVERYTHING, and here it is. I had no idea there was so much music in this book, honestly, but music is always playing in my head (and Tessa’s!), so I suppose it is no big surprise. I had a soundtrack that [...] February 5th, 2010 | Tags: barbara oneal, Books, grateful dead, it's a beautiful day, motown, Music, the secret of everything | Category: Jumble sale, Music, My books, The best music of all time, Writing life | 5 comments
THE SECRET OF EVERYTHING is out today! To celebrate, a love song to breakfast. PANCAKE KISSES, BACON HUGS Why breakfast is the secret of everything I suppose I should confess upfront that I am a morning person. I wake up cheery, chatty and at the very first fingers of sunlight creeping over the horizon. I [...] December 29th, 2009 | Tags: barbara oneal, breakfast, dogs, food, hiking, novels, reading, the secret of everything | Category: Books, Food and Drink, My books, Random Beauties | 20 comments
Not long now! I get so excited when it gets so close. I’ve known Tessa and Sam (oh, you will love her father!) and Vince and Natalie (darling, troubled Natalie) for more than two years. Very happy for you to be able to finally meet them. Here’s my favorite review of the [...] December 23rd, 2009 | Tags: barbara oneal, barbara samuel, Books, food, hiking, reviews, tasmania | Category: A Writer Afoot, My books | 7 comments
THE SECRET OF EVERYTHING will be out in 27 26 days! Reader feedback so far has been extraordinary (check out the comments at GoodReads.com), and I’m very excited for everyone to read Tessa’s story. To celebrate, I’ll offering a some little contests and giveaways over the next few weeks. This is the first one. I am giving away FOUR free ARCs of THE SECRET OF EVERYTHING. As soon as I draw names, I’ll run to the post office and mail them out, so you will have it by next Friday. [...] December 3rd, 2009 | Tags: barbara oneal, book clubs, giveaways, new books, reading, recipes, release date, women's fiction | Category: Books, My books | 3 comments
After the busy holiday, it is a powerful luxury to come back to my office. [...] November 30th, 2009 | Tags: barbara oneal, christopher robin, lost recipe for happiness, women's fiction, Writing life | Category: Writing life | 10 comments
My youngest son has a cat named Knucks, a long legged and elegant creature who must be coaxed and seduced into letting me play with him or pet him. He will play, he wants to play, and he especially wants me to rub his long black nose so he can purr almost silently, nose buried [...] November 23rd, 2009 | Tags: barbara oneal, barbara samuel, book building, collage, writing | Category: My books, Random Beauties, Writing life | 5 comments
Tonight, the chefs were asked to deconstruct a classic dish. One of them was fish and chips, which happens to be one of Christopher Robin’s favorites, so I found myself trying to imagine how to do it. As we watched, I kept tossing out ideas, and CR finally said, “Try it!” (Subtext: please please please!) So, [...] September 23rd, 2009 | Tags: barbara oneal, barbara samuel, deconstruction, fish and chips, food, top chef | Category: A Writer Afoot, Adventures with Christopher Robin, Food and Drink, Foodie Fridays, Uncategorized | One comment
PRE-ORDER NOW Coming your way January 5, 2010: FROM THE BACK COVER: At thirty-seven, Tessa Harlow is still working her way down her list of goals [...] September 20th, 2009 | Tags: barbara oneal, Books, children, cooking, dogs, fiction, food, hiking, love stories, recipes, redemption, romance, women's fiction | Category: Books, My books, Uncategorized | 20 comments
Last weekend, I hiked around Florrisant on a moody, foggy Saturday. This leaf seemed a sign of the coming season. September 18th, 2009 | Tags: aspen, barbara oneal, barbara samuel, colorado, leaf, mountains | Category: A Writer Afoot, Local beauties | Leave a comment
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