Category Archives: Every other damn thing

Soap addiction

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Simona Taylor

Having nothing else to keep my bored, meandering mind in check, I have taken up soap-making.  And loving it!  Here’s a photo of my first batch.  Not exactly the most brilliant looking…or smelling bar I ever saw, but I have … Continue reading →

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Hail to the V?

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Simona Taylor

Hey, guys!  What do y’all think about the Summer’s Eve ‘Hail to the V’ ad campaign?  Wow.   Talk about a bad idea.  It was creative, give them that.  Daring, even.  But did they really think they’d get away with … Continue reading →

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True, but she was still sunburnt

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Simona Taylor

Me to Megan, at the pool: “You’re sunburnt!” Megan: “I am NOT! I am BLACK and PRETTY!”

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Does this make my butt look big?

Posted on July 23, 2011 by Simona Taylor

My daughter has informed me that my butt is getting fat and I better “get to doin’ some squats”. Now, do I tell her WHY my butt is fat, traumatise her for life and nip my own future grandchildren in … Continue reading →

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A story about Simona

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Simona Taylor

Thanks to Zahra Gordon of the Trinidad Express for a lovely article. Roslyn Carrington never dreamt of any profession other than writing. And good for her, neither did her “evil twin” Simona Taylor. Together, they have published 13 novels the … Continue reading →

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Okay, so I’m old

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Simona Taylor

Conversation overheard…. Riley, “That’s like someone really old. Like from the sixties.” “I’m from the sixties,” I say. Stunned look.

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Pregnancy cravings: Food? Sex? Bring it!

Posted on June 26, 2011 by Simona Taylor

We mothers have a lot to thank pregnancy for: stretch marks, thunder thighs, and a nose like Mr. Potato Head’s. But it also gives us a built-in, 9-month-long excuse to eat as if there’s a famine coming. The wolfish hunger … Continue reading →

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Healthy as a hog

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Simona Taylor

I’ve been so worried about my perpetual exhaustion that I went to my doc for full blood work.  Thyroid, glucose tolerance, cholesterol, everything.  I was so tired, always on the brink of keeling over, that I was convinced I had … Continue reading →

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The interview of my career

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Simona Taylor

Twelve years in the relative safety of New York City have done little to erase the horror of the Rwandan genocide for Immaculée Ilibagiza. In 1994, the young university student, a member of the Tutsi minority, fled a horde of … Continue reading →

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Simona Taylor’s part of Passion/Romance week at Harlequin

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Simona Taylor

Drop by the eHarlequin website and leave your comments at the Intimate Exposure forum.  It’s on for passion/Romance week right now! Click here to join the forum.

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