Barbara Samuel O'Neal is the author of more than thirty award-winning novels, including THE LOST RECIPE FOR HAPPINESS and

The Secret of Everything
The Secret of Everything

A native of Colorado, Barbara loves teaching, travel, reading, writing, yoga, walking, food, cooking, photography and...okay, reality television.

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The Monday After

After the busy holiday, it is a powerful luxury to come back to my office. [...]

Meeting bears up close

Anyone who has read here for any length of time knows that I have bear worries when I hike.  I even have dreams about them sometimes, but I’m not willing to give up hiking. 

Today, to celebrate my birthday, Christopher Robin arranged a surprise: he took me to the zoo for a “Grizzly Bear Encounter.”   We went [...]

Christopher Robin's (bloody) Adventure in Orienteering

CR ran the US Orienteering Champs in Wyoming this past weekend.   He prefaced this photo in email by saying, “remember, I lived.”   In the interest of those who might be having breakfast, I won’t post the photo here, but if you want to see him in his post-race gore and glory, check it out [...]