: About Me

Who knew so much could happen to an amateur horticulturist. just because she was lucky enough to stumble across HELIUM. Of course, if I hadn't been looking for my husband's website (He just so happens to do helium leak testing all over the country) I never would have found this HELIUM. Fate is funny that way.

I love plants of all sorts and gardening and because of this love I wrote a garden column for over a decade for our local paper. Now  I have my blog Glory's Garden to expand and share my gardening knowledge. My goal is to make gardening easy for everyone, so, if you ever have a garden question, just ask. If I don't know the answer I'll search until I do.

My real love, however, is writing short stories mostly of a romantic ilk , several of which I have posted on HELIUM. Only thing is some of my stories are too long for HELIUM. So, I've started writing novels, novellas and have sequels and prequels to other short stories at HELIUM.

You can also catch my serialized novels Violet's in Bloom http://violets-in-bloom-novel.blogspot.com/ and An Ever Fixed Mark http://glorysteenstories.blogspot.com/   and my novella Where Your Treasure Lieshttp://glorysstories.blogspot.com/   in their own blogs. Each week a new chapter is posted just like in the olden days with the likes of such heavy weights as Charles Dickens and Alexander Dumas.

 Any plant concerns, queries or comments do feel free to ask me. I am certain I can help.

My passion is ...

gardening, writing and writing about gardening

I know too much about ...

flowers, autism and being shy

My parents always told me ...

with God all things are possible

My childhood ambition ...

to be a back-up singer for Linda Ronstadt

My favorite memory ...

my third date with Tommy when we named 3 of our 4 kids.

Why I write ...

to relive moments I had and make them better and also to re-create moments I should have had.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Reading "Jane Erye", listening to Allison Kraus

My first job ...

making Arby roast beef sandwiches

My best moment ...

when Tommy and I discovered we had met before we met. It's a good story. You should ask me about it.

My inspiration ...

high school memories, plants of all shapes and sizes and silly people doing ridiclous things.

Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: The first kiss

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The Perfect Date.  Throughout the first date each question Epiphany asked Shane he answered with a carelessly, unrestrained, honest manner she only ever had seen in very small children. He seemed honest to a fault. Perhaps he didn’t know how to lie or when it would be more prudent to do so. This charmed her as did his solicitousness. He often asked if she was warm enough or too cold, if she wanted more wine, if everything was to her liking and even if she’d like to try a taste of his food. He was absolutely darling. But the kicker was his asking about her kids and not just...

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