Month: December 2019

Tulo wishes you a Happy Year of the Rat! Since Jack Russell Terriers are ratters, he’ll be keeping his eye on them!...

(Written in December 2012) When my mother was in her twenties, she had sukiyaki parties with her friends in Hiroshima.  Instead of bring your own booze, it was bring your own extra ingredient.  To complement the sliced beef, it could be cubed blocks of tofu, a tangle of graykonnyakunoodles,...

Tulo got a Christmas tree this year. Decorated with Tulo-centered ornaments. He wishes you all a happy holiday....

I’m already anticipating 2020 as my year of the three Cs: cultivation, creativity and contemplation. Other than being a part of a short story anthology, I won’t have any new books published. Although I’ll still be attending three mystery conventions–two in my home state of California, I won’t be...

We are getting parts of our complex painting and while I was talking to the contractor, Tulo decided to leave our place and see what was going on. I’m going to have to close our door more firmly!...

As I’m leading a life of writing, I also have to prepare for the next as well as the next next. In fact, I started doing some heavy duty research for the book I’m writing now about two years ago, while I was writing the final Mas Arai mystery,...

Tulo: “First you put this ridiculous raincoat on me and now you are taking a picture of me peeing? No shame.”...

As National Novel Writing Month has ended, I’ve started to think about the balancing act that writers face in terms of action versus thinking. In some ways, I’m definitely a woman of action. I’m intuitive and listen to my gut. If my heart tells me to jump, I usually...

Can you spot the snow on the San Gabriel Mountains? Tulo and I were admiring the view during a recent dog walk. #winter #snowinSouthernCalifornia  ...