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So... I was working on my editing website a while ago and I did a Google search using the name of the site and my own name (Charmaine Rousse...

The Novel My debut romance novel, Café au Lait , has been around for a while! In 2006, I found a literary agent; in 2007 she sold the book t...

You can wake me every day, darlin' The last few months have been particularly trying, exasperating, exhausting, debilitating, sickening,...

He's packing a piece too Back in December 2008 I published a post dear to my heart on this blog: "For those who hate Christmas...

Huge congrats to my friend and former blogging colleague Eugenia O'Neal on winning the Canute A. Brodhurst Prize for best short fictio...

Spider plants and pothos newly hung and 3-4 months later I'm focusing on easy care plants in the apartment and on the balcony these day...

How does one maintain some semblance of balance, positivity, sanity, peace, health and focus during these fraught times? It's a struggle...

I've had spider plants for years, and I'm aware that they send out tiny white flowers that become the spider babies for which this p...

The pandemic has delayed my trip to Panama indefinitely but happily I have people there who send me lots of pics and videos of the delights ...

This plumbago is one of two that I kept in big pots on my balcony. The unusual blue flowers are simply gorgeous! These grow best in full sun...