About a year ago I realized that I needed a hobby – other than watching television. But what to do? I’m not big into cooking and all thumbs when it comes to gardening. So I fell back on one of my mother’s favorite hobbies… crocheting! In…
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I’m not what you would call an “outdoorsy” person. I don’t camp or bike or fish. I’ve been known to get in my car and drive if I want to go to stores at opposite ends of a strip mall. So it came as quite a shock to…
A few years ago, at Romantic Times, a group of my author friends and I decided to do the zipline over Freemont Street in Las Vegas. A couple of us were nervous, a couple of us were doing research, and some of us were just along for the…
I was excited, but also scared of trying something new recently. Flying through a canopy of trees on a wire – Ziplining. My husband and I bought a pass to an Ariel Adventure Park and took the kids to the park which is about an hour and a half…
Storming a Castle Hi, Eve Pendle here. I write historical romance and in my bio I often include that I have National Trust membership. Brits will understand immediately what that means, and if you’ve been to the UK sightseeing, you might have an inkling too. National Trust membership…
There have been many things I’ve wanted to try over the years: parasailing, crocheting, belly dancing, being an MTV veejay…. Usually, these little desires come and go, but there’s one thing I’ve had on my mind for years. And in the last couple weeks, I’ve finally done it. …
My family doesn’t exactly shy away from adventure. We’ve hiked snowfields at the top of the Rockies and trudged through 109-degree October heat in Death Valley. We’ve “bushwacked” along boulder-strewn mountain streams, crossed international borders, and have road-tripped over 30k miles with all eight of us in one…
While I was deep in the final copy edits of my latest YA novel LIES THAT BIND, the Philadelphia Eagles went to the Super Bowl. Most of you probably read that and think, big deal? Is your book about football or something? No, it’s not. It’s a YA spy thriller,…
My husband’s family lives in western Montana. Normally, we road trip out there every summer. This time, we decided to take the train. The train has plenty of pros: 1) you aren’t stuck in a chair while traveling, 2) there’s great scenery because the train winds through…
I value experiences. Things, like a purse, get old and forgotten (or ruined when your cat vomits into your leather satchel). So, it is not unexpected that I’ve created some meaningful memories like hiking to the summit of a 14,000-ft mountain, dancing with Zulu women in South Africa, or…