Did you sing that title? If so, welcome fellow Steely Dan fans! And a big 'hey' to you poor souls that don't know what I'm talkin' about! (Steely Dan is a band, and the blog post title is a song of theirs). Anywaaaays, what am I ramblin' about today? The day after Thanksgiving, of course. Do y'all do the whole Black Friday shopping thing? Is it tradition in your family? My husband's aunt and her daughter do this every year: up at like 4am and a two hour drive to Charlotte, N

I have a confession to make; the unorthodox Aunt Fey of Ring of Lies and Fey Goes to Jail fame was based upon my mother's older sister, Evelyn. One of eleven kids, Aunt Evelyn is the free spirit. There are so many Evelyn stories, I am not sure where to start. I guess I should tell you that the ‘hot blue diamond’ in Ring of Lies is real (though not the stolen part). Aunt Evelyn gave me the ring which is probably why my subconscious wrote her core personality into the story, I