Heidi Chandler's Blog

October 23, 2025

Passing the Torch

This is the first Halloween in fifteen years that I haven���t decorated for Halloween. I have a few pumpkins on the porch and a wooden sign proclaiming my love of all things fall, but my Halloween decorations are still tuc...

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Published on October 23, 2025 10:00

August 25, 2025

Back to Work

The kids are back in school, and every year, it comes with mixed emotions. My boys are actually pretty fun to hang out with these days, but at the same time, I need to get back into my writing routine. I started writing ...

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Published on August 25, 2025 12:37

August 4, 2025

'80s Summer

Everyone keeps saying that this summer went by too fast, so I guess I���ll hop on the bandwagon.

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Published on August 04, 2025 10:45

June 2, 2025

The Birth of a Novel

It���s been a long time since I���ve written a blog post. Not because I haven���t had anything interesting to say, but because my kids are now teenagers. That means I currently spend most of my waking hours driving them around...

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Published on June 02, 2025 13:37

July 20, 2022

Hello, Dog Days

It's July in Texas. This is my twelfth year here, yet the heat still falls on me me like a smoldering brick. One minute I'm relishing the cloudless blue skies and balmy winds of early summer; the next I feel like one of ...

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Published on July 20, 2022 12:16

January 19, 2022

It's Corona Time

But not the one you drink on the beach with a lime, unfortunately. I���m talking about the little red spiky fuzzball, the microscopic monster that���s somehow managed to turn this world completely upside down for the last tw...

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Published on January 19, 2022 12:16

January 12, 2022

Hello Again

I���m a terrible blogger. In January 2021, I resolved to do better. I was going to write at least one blog post every week, to tap deep into my soul and produce brilliant content that would have my loyal readers sitting on...

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Published on January 12, 2022 09:55

August 18, 2021

The Power of Nothing

I did something crazy this summer.

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Published on August 18, 2021 12:41

May 4, 2021

The Magic Juice

Two weeks ago, I had my second Covid shot.

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Published on May 04, 2021 09:49

February 5, 2021

The Year We Became Mortals

It���s been almost a year since the shit hit the fan. Since we went from packing restaurants, arenas, and concert halls to being locked in our homes hoarding toilet paper and learning words like social distancing and Zoom....

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Published on February 05, 2021 09:59