Luck o’ the Irish… Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Who doesn’t love to celebrate with a parade on St. Patrick’s Day in the middle of March when winter is still upon us? Or warm up with an Irish Coffee? I don’t need an excuse to eat corned beef and Read more
Delilah Loves Love and Love Loves Her Right Back!
Port Orchard (aka Cedar Cove) has many charms, some known only to residents, some known near and far. My friend Delilah describes herself as “The Queen of Sappy Love Songs.” According to Premiere Networks, Delilah is “the most-listened-to-woman on radio” with “more Read more
Book Bub Highlights Sisters to Celebrate the Release of Last One Home
BookBub highlights the release of Debbie Macomber’s LAST ONE HOME with 16 Quotes About Sisters. Click here to read the article: 16 Quotes About Sisters that Celebrate Debbie Macomber’s New Book. Click here to read BookBub’s post on Facebook. Thank Read more
Care for a Cup of Tea?
What a busy morning: I cooked breakfast, set the dishwasher, put two loads of wash in the machine, and took a long hot shower. Notice anything in common with all these tasks? They involved water. Clear, clean water. How easy Read more
USA Today Interviews Debbie
Coinciding with today’s release of LAST ONE HOME, USA Today published Joyce Lamb’s interview with Debbie. Joyce chats with Debbie about LAST ONE HOME, meeting Henry Winkler, and Cedar Cove. Charming article! Click here to read the full article.
Birthday Boys
It’s a special day in the Macomber Family. Our son Dale’s little boy Jaxon Paul turns five. He is a miracle baby and God’s special gift to our family. Our youngest and our oldest grandsons share this month for birthdays. Read more
Springing Forward Into Spring Cleaning
I’ll never be the housekeeper my mother was. Every spring she literally tore the house apart. She scrubbed and cleaned and washed everything in sight. By the end of March the entire house smelled as fresh, clean, and crisp as Read more
March 2015
For the March 2015 Giveaway Grand Prize, Debbie Macomber celebrates the release of her new novel Last One Home with a charming 3-Piece Outdoor Bistro Set! (We love the similarity to the gazebo seating on the Last One Home cover.) In addition to the Better Read more
Hoedown for Humanity
Wayne and I are getting all gussied up for the big Habitat for Humanity Hoedown this weekend in Vero Beach. That means coveralls, straw hats and bandanas for the two of us. Last year’s event inspired the story idea for Read more
Family Milestones
This is a red letter day in the Macomber household. Our grandson James Jordan Buckley turns 16 and –drum roll, please– we are adding a new member to our family. This latest addition is a young lady named Irina who Read more
Amazon Editors Name Last One Home to Best Books of the Month: Romance
Amazon.com editors have named Debbie’s upcoming release LAST ONE HOME to their Best Books of the Month list in the Romance Category! Thank you Amazon! Click here to visit the Best Books of the Month pages. Click here to go Read more
How Do You Say Smörgåsbord in Chinese?
I had lunch today at a Chinese buffet. It was great with all the traditional Chinese food I’ve come to enjoy: fried rice, chow mein, sweet and sour chicken, pizza . . . yes pizza. They served pizza at the Read more
March 2015
For the March 2015 Giveaway Grand Prize, Debbie Macomber celebrates the release of her new novel Last One Home with a charming 3-Piece Outdoor Bistro Set! (We love the similarity to the gazebo seating on the Last One Home cover.) In addition to the Better Read more
Caution: Man Working
I have barely seen my husband for the last week. Wayne is involved in a project in our garage. I still haven’t figured out what it is but I know it has something to do with expanding space for our Read more
My Dear Friend Linda
My dear friend Linda Lael Miller stopped by to spend the weekend with me before she headed out on a Caribbean cruise. At one time Linda and I lived next door to each other in Port Orchard. We walked the Read more
John 1:5
Freezing outside? But this is Florida!
Wayne and I travel to our Florida home every winter to avoid the rain and cold of the Pacific Northwest. Unfortunately, this has been an exceptionally cold year in the northeast. Boston has something like six feet of snow, temperatures Read more
Welcome to the World, Jody Rose! I Will Forever Remember that Day . . .
This date will forever stay in my mind and not because it’s Presidents Day. February 16th is the day I went into labor with our daughter Jody Rose. Wayne and I had been married about 18 months and I was excited to be Read more
Lunch with Henry Winkler! What a Great Guy!
I had the most exciting afternoon! Wayne and I were able to have lunch with Henry Winkler who happens to be in town to promote his children’s book. Henry and I discovered that we are both dyslexic. He didn’t learn Read more
NoiseTrade Newsletter Features LAST ONE HOME
Debbie’s upcoming novel LAST ONE HOME is featured in this week’s NoiseTrade newsletter! Click here to download a free excerpt from LAST ONE HOME. Click here to download free LAST ONE HOME wallpaper for your computer. NoiseTrade is dedicated to Read more
All I need . . .
Before Wayne and I decided to winter in Florida, I wasn’t aware that orchids don’t need to be planted in dirt in order to grow. They attach themselves to trees and are fed by the air and humidity. Interesting, isn’t Read more
Decadent Dark Chocolate Caramel Tart
A Bouquet of True Friendships
Today is a special day as I’m having four of my closest writing friends to the house for lunch. Many of you may either know of, or have read, Christina Skye (who’s visiting from Arizona), Roxanne St. Claire, Rachel Hauck Read more
Beret
Lovely and playful beret. Pattern: Bonbon Yarn: Kartopu Zambak, Grey, 100 grams Needle Size: 7 Knitted by: Sevda
Groundhog Day: Seahawk Shadow
The groundhog saw his shadow this morning, just like I viewed my own shadow last night in the final seconds of the Super Bowl game. Our beloved Seahawks were within a half yard of winning the game when the Patriots Read more