I appeared on the WGN midday news this past Tuesday and didn’t blather on or look too stupid. I had the sense to wear warm brown and not black, which is aging on aging blonds. The interviewer pronounced my name correctly. This is the link to the broadcast: http://www.wgntv.com/news/middaynews/wgntv-author-daiva-markelis-white-field-black-sheep,0,5704262.story

The Writer Babes

My mother-in-law.  I hope she reads this entry and not the ones that  reveals a past that some might find eyebrow-raising.

Thanksgiving break, especially given the fact that I am in no way responsible for the turkey on Thanksgiving

Pancakes

The way my husband  pretends he’s a dog when I come home from work. He’s there on his knees, panting, licking, bobbing his head up and down.

Vitamin Water Zero: Naturally Sweetened, the bottle says

The beautiful purple and gold colored yarn I bought in Dalogena, GA when I did the readings. Mohair yarn, originally nineteen dollars a skein, on sale for nine. I am knitting a hat, which I may or may not give as a Christmas present. This is after an unfortunate attempt at mittens.

That I have a job I like a lot, even love at times.

The way the trees look through the fog this morning as I am writing this.

Online shopping