Looking at this photo, you would really have to wonder what kind of a relationship these two could have had, but they look very happy together. The real story is that my dad is one of those guys who will work out some way to do just about anything by himself so he doesn’t have to ask for help…and he can tell everyone later how he managed to pull off these amazing feats all alone. In this case, he was hunting black bear on the Uncompahgre plateau in western Colorado. Back the

- The RMS part of RMS Titanic stands for Royal Mail Steamer - Titanic was an Olympic-class liner owned by the White Star Line - Constructed in the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland - Launched May 31, 1911 - Construction cost $7.5 million - The ship was 882 feet 9 inches long, 92 feet wide, and the height to the top of the funnels was 175 feet - From waterline to the boat deck was 59 feet, or almost 6 stories - She drew 34 feet 7 inches of water - Had 9 d

I’m a curious person. OK, that can be taken in two ways, and quite often has. But, what I really mean is that I’m curious about a lot of things – pretty much everything. Like, what is fire? Of course I know it’s hot, it burns, and it’s great with hot dogs, but I don’t know why it works. Same thing with radio and TV. But I digress. What I’m really curious about is history. I love history. And speaking of love, I love romance, too. So guess what? I’m an historical romance writ

Is it really that time of year again? Didn’t we just get over the shock of the last one? No, it’s not April 15. It’s worse - swimsuit buying time! My best friend, El, called me up and suggested we go swimsuit shopping together. “It’ll be fun!” Yeah, right. El showed up and the first things out of her mouth were the dreaded words, “Can you tell how much weight I’ve lost?” She burbled happily on about how it’s the least she’s weighed since high school. I bit my tongue and