Jun 6, 2010 | Blog
I do better in hotel rooms with company, and Chip is here, which means I’ve been sleeping in. We went to the Mariners game yesterday. They lost 11-2. I was very glad that I wasn’t the mother of any of the Seattle pitchers. If it had been a Little League...Jun 3, 2010 | Blog
Just got a note from my publisher, and Take Good Care of the Garden and the Dogs debuted at # 14 on the Pacific Northwest Booksellers bestseller list for the week ending May 30. Jun 3, 2010 | Blog
That sounds almost like a country song, doesn’t it? It is very nice to be in a place that feels so much like home. It’s cloudy and cool and the brush on the side of the Bellingham bay trail is familiar- devil’s club, buttercups, wild dogwood- and a...Jun 1, 2010 | Blog
The wedding was outside, at the Terra Blanca winery, high on a hill in the vineyard overlooking the smooth, creased brown hills of Eastern Washington. The winery is new, but had an old world feel, with lawns and gardens, huge wooden doors, stucco arches and broad...Jun 1, 2010 | Blog
Today is the last day to buy Raven’s Brew Coffee at 15 percent off, as part of the Heather Lende Book Tour promotion. I know, it sounds a little silly, “the official book tour coffee,” but how great is it to have good coffee while you read my book?...May 31, 2010 | Blog
A great review from the Minneapolis Star Tribune: Serious subjects, delightful results (By PAMELA MILLER, Star Tribune) Review: A highly readable collection of essays by an Alaska newspaper columnist that are both ripping good yarns and insightful meditations. ...