Janet Roberts

If you are lucky enough to be working during the Covid 19 pandemic, there are a lot of things you can do to pay it forward. Here are a few suggestions that h...

Spending several days trapped inside in a historic snowstorm helped me understand how to let go of the stress of life and apply a little mindfulness to livin...

Never give up on your dreams. Small dreams, big dreams. Keep them right on the horizon where you can see them. Maybe it takes a few years or a few decades or...

It is a beautiful, sunny, summer Sunday morning. I’m alone with two old sayings running through my head:  “Home is where the heart is” and “We are the sum of...

Remember The Little Engine That Could? Wasn't that the name of the well known children's book? I call my memoir, Seven Thin Dimes, "The Little Book That Coul...

In September, 2016, I’ll be publishing my second novel - The Leaf Queen - which centers around a young woman making a mess of her life by searching for love ...

Last week I was suffering from holiday fatigue, trying to check everything off my list while working even longer hours at the office to close projects and do...

I've had over a week to stop thinking about the attacks on Paris. Or to start thinking about them again. Or to simply never stop thinking about them.  The la...

What is “coming home”? When I began the process of publishing The Narrow Gate, I had just moved myself and my cat for the third time in 10 y

I once read somewhere that every good novel starts with a question (or 2 or 3, perhaps?) That resonated with me because I’m one of those people who never got...