welcome to ritopia

11^th Yes, I'm 40

3^rd Recent Reading: Dracula

January 2010

17^th Recent Reading: Drops Like Stars

12^th Roger in Moving Pictures

9^th Down Range

December 2009

29^th Recent Reading: Things Fall Apart

28^th Three Things That Kept Christmas From Being Perfect

November 2009

23^rd Recent Reading: The Hobbit

16^th Using Her Gifts to Help Others

5^th Recent Reading: Einstein's Dreams

5^th A Shower A Day

October 2009

19^th Oh My Darling Clemmonses

September 2009

25^th Living Her Dream

22^nd The Great Faith Debate

17^th Recent Reading: Rebecca

10^th Happy Birthday, Keith

1^st Recent Reading: The Count of Monte Cristo

1^st Hotel Go Boom

1^st A Chat with a Teen Leader

August 2009

11^th 15 Books

July 2009

14^th Recent Reading: Treasure Island

8^th The Maine Event

June 2009

5^th In Memory of Kathy Heenan

May 2009

31^st I Love Alligators

14^th Staffing Up

11^th Space Shuttle Atlantis Launches for 30th Space Mission

9^th A Saturday Morning, Good Friends, and A Hotel Implosion

7^th Recent Reading: gods in Alabama

April 2009

30^th When LOST Becomes Your (Okay, My) Life

29^th What Once Was Broken

13^th The Many Exciting Things We Did to Celebrate Easter

March 2009

26^th The Movement to Stop MS

22^nd It's in the Air

19^th A Place of My Own

15^th Discovery Launch

5^th Recent Reading: Daisy Chain

2^nd Miscellany

February 2009

12^th He's Smarter than a Fifth Grader

January 2009

24^th Felicities

13^th And Now a Word from Our Sponsor: The Ford Mustang

12^th Treebute

December 2008

18^th Recent Reading: Marley & Me

10^th Recent Reading: The Secret History of the Pink Carnation

1^st Belated Thanksgiving News

November 2008

13^th Grandmother Love

4^th Best of Luck, Johnny

October 2008

14^th A Quiz for Your Amusement

5^th Anatomy of a Vacation

September 2008

26^th Keeping the Faith

24^th Other Things We've Enjoyed

18^th Things We've Seen

15^th Let the Photos Begin

10^th Happy Birthday, Keith!

2^nd My First Trip to Indy

August 2008

29^th Recent Reading: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

22^nd Rain Maker Fay

21^st An Author with the Midas Touch

21^st Hope Springs Eternal at HopeSpring Church

7^th AllState Business Profile Published

July 2008

30^th Recent Reading: The Pandora Prescription

28^th Recent Reading: The Case of the Bouncing Grandma

26^th Summer Fun with the Nephews

24^th Did I Really Graduate 20 Years Ago?

23^rd A Cause and a Climb

22^nd It's Still Tim Day

3^rd Happy Twelfth Birthday, Monty!

1^st The Best Life Barb Show

June 2008

18^th Happy Anniversary

16^th Recent Reading: The Liars' Club

15^th Family is Always Family

4^th We Celebrated 20 Years with DPHS

2^nd April and May Madness

May 2008

20^th Recent Reading: The Rule of Four

13^th Recent Reading: Prince Caspian

9^th The Empire Strikes Back. Back to the Future. How Rita Got Her Groove Back.

April 2008

11^th Some Kitchen Before and After

2^nd In Print

March 2008

28^th Recent Reading: The Sword of Shannara

20^th Recent Reading: The Lucifer Directive

18^th Recent Reading: The Pursuit of Alice Thrift

12^th A Few Lessons Learned

February 2008

11^th Recent Reading: The Doomsday Spiral

6^th What Follows Super Tuesday?

January 2008

20^th The Rudy Rally

15^th Recent Reading: Timeline

10^th I Didn't Do It, Officer!

December 2007

31^st Recent Reading: Tunnel in the Sky

28^th Recent Reading: His Needs, Her Needs

22^nd Felicities

21^st Recent Reading: Lost in a Good Book

14^th More Than Man's Best Friend

12^th Little Trapped Birdies

10^th It's Why We Named the Dog Montana

9^th The Big Day

8^th Crazy Like an Elephant

7^th Another One

6^th A Nostalgic Moment

2^nd Rita's Category Five Chili Strikes Again

November 2007

9^th One Campus, One Book

6^th Ritaunited

4^th What a Happy Day!

2^nd Recent Reading: Mudhouse Sabbath

October 2007

18^th Another NaNoWriMo Approaches

14^th Recent Reading: The Eyre Affair

5^th Is He Subject to Sorrows?

1^st From the Fun Facts File

September 2007

14^th Can't Have Enough Bags

9^th The End of Two Eras

August 2007

30^th Recent Reading: The Book Thief

29^th A Thought on Character

28^th The Gods Must Be Displeased

22^nd Back in the Volunteering Saddle

20^th Walking Epiphanies

6^th Entertaining the Nephews, or The Entertaining Nephews

July 2007

24^th It's a Tornado!

22^nd Worth the Wait

11^th Big Harry Summer

7^th My Dream Car

1^st At the Antiques Roadshow

June 2007

16^th Lucky Thirteen

8^th We Have Lift-Off

3^rd He Doesn't Know What That Is, But He's Gonna Chase It

May 2007

17^th You Should See the Other Guy

April 2007

23^rd Felicities

21^st Class News

14^th Two Peas and Some Pods

11^th Fired Up (Fired Up)

11^th A Three-Towel Dog

March 2007

22^nd Recent Reading: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

21^st Where Did All this Past Come From?

February 2007

22^nd It's Love

6^th Birthday Play

January 2007

30^th Recent Reading: The Pilot's Wife

22^nd Recent Reading: Boo

15^th A Hint at the Strength of Literature

10^th Oh, Happy Day!

10^th It's Not That Cold in Here, Guys

December 2006

25^th Merry Christmas to All!

5^th Crash Devlin

November 2006

28^th Victory!

27^th Who Said That Was the Ending?

25^th Worthy of Study

8^th NaNoWriMo Lessons Learned

2^nd Know the Opposition

October 2006

31^st NaNoWriMo, Round 2

25^th The Heart of a Shepherd

19^th Butterfly Rescue, Part 2

19^th A Close Encounter

18^th A Little Tidbit You Should Know

16^th Llama Face

13^th Trophy Husband

11^th Derring-do

9^th Recent Reading: The Right to Write

7^th Trophy Wife

5^th More on the Idea of Distance

3^rd Looking into the Distance

September 2006

26^th Heinous or Genius?

25^th Recent Reading: Fire Dancer

17^th Another Birthday Celebration

16^th Write It Down

11^th A Full Birthday

4^th Recent Reading: Plot & Structure

1^st Biker Mama

August 2006

31^st Pre-Conference Jitters

24^th I'm Melting

14^th Recent Reading: The Plot Thickens

10^th Somebody Help Me!

7^th Recent Reading: A Tidewater Morning

4^th Who's Doing All the Work Around Here?

July 2006

26^th Recent Reading: Waking Lazarus

20^th AcuTim

12^th Love Thy Neighbor

1^st Happy House

June 2006

21^st Mini Writing Group

20^th New Digs

13^th One. One Tropical Storm.

8^th Choose Your Vine Very Carefully

2^nd I Say Hello; You Say Good-Bye

May 2006

29^th From Coast to Coast

26^th Today's the Day

24^th Is Writerly Integrity a Thing of the Past?

22^nd Where I Experience a Renewed Love of a Great City

14^th Happy Mother's Day

8^th Worth the Hard Work

April 2006

27^th A Night of Ice in Tampa

25^th Many Thanks to Many People

14^th Nature Tales

3^rd More Home News

3^rd Mama Tried

March 2006

25^th Introducing Chickenfoot to My Florida

24^th A Long Story I'll Have to Share at a Later Date

10^th And Not Such Good News on the Home Front

February 2006

22^nd Good News on the Home Front

22^nd Today's Wildlife Adventures

20^th Quite a Theatrical Weekend

9^th This One's for the Birds

9^th Feeling the Love

January 2006

31^st Recent Reading: Bread and Roses, Too

21^st The Land of the Hurricane

10^th Recent Reading: Wicked

9^th The Dorks of Hazzard

2^nd I'm Home

December 2005

31^st Signing Off in 2005

21^st The Agony of the Showing

20^th The Purloined Popcorn Caper

20^th Life Goes On

12^th Many Partings

10^th Rita and Ice Don't Mix

5^th My Three Amigos

5^th They've Done It Now

November 2005

30^th Officially Official

29^th Congratulations are in Order

28^th The Thanksgiving Highlight Reel

28^th Much Jubilation

27^th Recent Reading: Out of Africa

18^th He's Back

17^th In Case You Were Wondering...

14^th Half-way

12^th Solitude and Grout

10^th Recent Reading: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

10^th One-Third and Counting Down

5^th NaNoWriMo and Me

October 2005

31^st Spooky Halloween Weather

31^st Finally...

30^th A Beagle, a Lab, and a Bushel of Armadillos

20^th Another Sign of Age

17^th Nonsense and Insensibility

14^th It's That Secret Ingredient

4^th Give Me an "M"

September 2005

28^th Recent Reading: Like Water for Chocolate

27^th Rita's Aftermath

27^th Recent Reading: Still Waters

20^th Lovely Rita, Hurricane

19^th A Woman of Irritating Means

18^th Tropical Storm Rita

9^th A Full Day

8^th A Non-Stop Week

2^nd I Smell A Rat

2^nd Katrina

1^st The Writing Life

August 2005

31^st Recent Reading: Where You'll Find Me

31^st Recent Reading: The Tale of Lillian Foster

30^th Recent Reading: Thunder and Lightning

28^th Recent Reading: The Time Machine

26^th From Narcoleptics to Narcotics

25^th Wiggle It Just a Little Bit

24^th On Friends

16^th Who Turned Out the Trees?

9^th Recent Reading: Black Water

7^th Crash Test Dummy

5^th Recent Reading: Blackbird

3^rd I've Been Struck over the Head by My Muse

July 2005

31^st Enjoying Summer

25^th Reading Gatsby

22^nd A Birthday, Some Baseball, and a Book

16^th Wow

15^th Recent Reading: Black

14^th Live to Write Another Day

13^th Runner!

12^th PolarTim

9^th Recent Reading: The Fig Eater

8^th Recent Reading and Viewing

7^th In Our Prayers

6^th Celebrate Freedom

3^rd Thirteen Days and Counting

June 2005

30^th Revoke Her Elephant Purse Privileges

29^th Creature Comforts

27^th Four Down

25^th Some Enchanted Evening

24^th Sad, Quiet House

23^rd Like an Old-Time Reunion

20^th Glad I Joined the Wildflowers

16^th And a Dove in a Pear Tree

15^th Finished

14^th TimberFish

10^th Entrenched

9^th Recent Reading: The Amethyst Heart

6^th Getting Ready for Harry

4^th Had It Up to Here

2^nd I've Been Inspired

1^st Playing in the Dirt

May 2005

31^st Renaissance Festival Revelries

27^th Looking Forward to the Next Month

25^th Hot Dogs

23^rd Recent Reading: The Miss America Family

21^st Recent Readings

19^th Star Wars, Seizures, and Sad Endings

16^th Gotcha

13^th Baby Bird in My Yard

12^th I Saw Star Wars at Least Eight Times

11^th It's a Dog's Life

10^th Recent Readings

5^th New Arrivals

2^nd New-ness Abounds

April 2005

20^th Take Me Out to the Ballgame

19^th Stepping Heavenward

15^th Books and Birds

13^th Weather, Jobs, and Dogs

February 2005

23^rd How to Lose a Friend in More than 10 Days

12^th Rita Devlins of the World Unite

10^th Pouting About the Server

9^th On Birthdays and Running

September 2004

17^th Happy Birthday, Roger!

August 2004

14^th Family is Safe from Charley

June 2004

16^th Can It Get Any Hotter?

15^th Recognizing My Hero

8^th The Bolts Take the Stanley Cup

7^th DVD Travels

April 2004

14^th Always the Pain

13^th Settling In

January 2004

13^th Waiting to Seize

12^th Home Improvements

9^th Typo, What Typo?

8^th My Brother, My Hero

7^th New Year with a New Outlook

May 2003

28^th A Mystery in the Making

April 2003

16^th Editing is Fun