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(with apologies to Rodgers and Hammerstein!)
When I think about websites I like, what comes to mind are the ones that let visitors into the author’s world in a richer way than just a description of publications. One Harlequin author has a bookshelves section where she discusses the books she loves. Several others talk about places they’ve been or people or events they find inspiring. Other writers speak about music or films or their research.
Shamelessly, I’m stealing all these ideas and wrapping them up into a monthly column called My Favorite Things. This gives me leeway to talk about anything that takes my fancy. I know it’s self-indulgent, but I hope you won’t mind.
- December 2010 - I Do Love a Good Show Tune (Pt 4) - Lights, Camera... Music!
- November 2010 - I Do Love a Good Show Tune (Pt 3)
- October 2010 - I Do Love a Good Show Tune (Pt 2)
- September 2010 - We Interrupt our Scheduled Program...
- August 2010 - I Do Love a Good Show Tune (pt 1)
- July 2010 - Man, That's Epic!
- April 2010 - Postcards From the Edge
- March 2010 - A Castle in Spain
- February 2010 - Ravishing Rottnest Island
- January 2010 - The Wonderful West
- December 2009 - More Happy Snaps
- November 2009 - Happy Snaps
- October 2009 - A Big Country Needs A Big Story
- September 2009 - Horsies!
- August 2009 - The National Gallery of Art Rocks!
- July 2009 - All Roads Lead to Rome
- June 2009 - I Wanna Dance in the Pan Pacifics with Fran!
- May 2009 - A River That Never Runs Dry
- April 2009 - The Lust of the Mohicans
- March 2009 - Big Easy To Love
- February 2009 - My Heart's In the Highlands
- January 2009 - You Kent do Better than This!
::January 2011 - Memories of Aotearoa
Aotearoa is what the Maori call New Zealand where, as all my regular readers know, I was recently lucky enough to visit courtesy of P&O Cruises. I was the guest speaker on the 'Pacific Dawn' on a 14-night cruise that called at Auckland, Rotorua, Napier, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin. We ended the cruise with a wonderful day's voyaging through the gorgeous scenery of the Fiordland National Park right in the bottom western corner of New Zealand. Fantastic!
Here, as promised, are some photos of the trip.
- December 2008 - A Salute to Anne Stuart
- November 2008 - Scaling the TBR Pile
- October 2008 - Conference Time!
- September 2008 - I left My Heart in San Francisco
- August 2008 - Favorite Research Books (pt 3)
- July 2008 - Favorite Research Books (pt 2)
- June 2008 - Favorite Research Books (pt 1)
- May 2008 - My Favorite Comfort Read
- April 2008 - I'm Ready For My Close-up, Mr DeMille!
- March 2008 - Can You Hear What I Hear?
- February 2008 - 10 Things I Love about 10 Things I Hate About You
- January 2008 - Think I'm Turning Japanese!
- December 2007 - Happy Talk
- November 2007 - The Terrific Trio
- October 2007 - The Fridge of Inspiration
- September 2007 - Move Over, Darling!
- August 2007 - It’s the Chalice from the Palace in Dallice…
- July 2007 - Anticipation: Is It the Best Part of Travel?
- June 2007 - Bad Luck That Really Wasn’t So Bad After All
- May 2007 - A Movie That Steals Your Heart
- April 2007 - The Romance Community
- March 2007 - The Pleasures of Re-Reading
- February 2007 - Favorite Blogs (pt 2)
- January 2007 - Favorite Blogs
- December 2006 - More Top 11 Romance Novels
- November 2006 - Top 11 Romance Novels
- October 2006 - Avon Fan Lit
- September 2006 - My Top 11 Films
- August 2006 - My Top 11 Songs
- July 2006 - The Sound of Music
- June 2006 - My Corner of the World
click on any photo for a bigger view
New Zealand's national symbol, the silver fern, in rainforest at Waitakere Ranges Regional Park near Auckland
Anna Campbell with Maori dancer at Waimangu Volcanic Valley near Rotorua
Jazz Band seeing the ship off at Napier, New Zealand's Art Deco city
Anna Campbell on the beach near Pencarrow Lodge outside Wellington
The beautiful Lady Norwood Rose Gardens in Wellington
More roses in the Lady Norwood Rose Gardens
Rivers of boiling water and volcanic vent at Waimangu Volcanic Valley
Murawai gannet colony and coastal scenery near Auckland
Magnificent Milford Sound in Fiordland National Park
Milford Sound on a perfect summer's day