http://blog.theresaragan.com Writing, Living, Laughing Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:57:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_202" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Here we go!"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_205" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="The peak on the last day"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_204" align="alignright" width="150" caption="At the cabin the next morning"][/caption] Last week I was treking through the appalachian mountains with two of my sisters. We had an amazing time. The first day was incredibly scary since ... http://blog.theresaragan.com/?p=201 Come visit the 2007 Golden Heart Finalists' new blog when you get a chance! There will be fun chitchat for writers and readers and giveaways! http://www.nobodywritesitbetter.com/ http://blog.theresaragan.com/?p=210 I love this book trailer. Caroline and I have been writing friends for years now. We have critiqued together and brainstormed and shopped for conference clothes together. We have laughed and cried together and now her dream of selling a book has come true. I'm very proud! Where The Wind Blows ... http://blog.theresaragan.com/?p=186 [caption id="attachment_193" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="My daughter Morgan and the RED DOOR!"][/caption] If you've read my earlier blog, you know that I have been doing some wild and crazy things...like going brunette and painting my front door red! I'm having fun. Years ago I painted the interior of my house yellow! I loved ... http://blog.theresaragan.com/?p=192 [caption id="attachment_181" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Theresa dancing up a storm!"][/caption] Do the days and weeks fly by, or is it just me?  Never enough hours in the day. I have so much l want to do and I don't know how to squeeze it all in. I want to learn to speak ... http://blog.theresaragan.com/?p=180 I want to be able to do this when I'm in my eighties! http://blog.theresaragan.com/?p=198 [caption id="attachment_167" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Theresa as a brunette!"][/caption] Okay, I'm feeling it...self-doubt is pouring down on me and as I usually do when this happens I find myself pruning roses or painting a door some crazy color OR dying my hair! After 49 years of being a blonde, I am now a ... http://blog.theresaragan.com/?p=166 [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="288" caption="Sutter Creek Tea"][/caption] My sister, Sally, has been planning teas at various tea houses and it's so much fun! Recently we visited Tea Era's Tea Room on Main Street in Sutter Creek. My favorite tea that day was the San Francisco Blend. Their most popular tea!  An aromatic ... http://blog.theresaragan.com/?p=170 [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="479" caption="the girls"][/caption] I enjoyed Easter this year. It was a perfect day. Great weather and great fun. We ate shish kabobs and sipped margaritas. The wild bunnies were running around, ducks landing in the pool and birds everywhere. We took pictures because that's what we like to do! ... http://blog.theresaragan.com/?p=172 [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="260" caption="round and round we go..."][/caption] Okay, I've been working on revising my ninth novel for nearly two months now and I am starting to think this will never end. I've been writing every day, six to eight hours a day, even Saturdays and sometimes on Sunday and ... http://blog.theresaragan.com/?p=163