What Say You about Summer?

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Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time. (John Lubbock) Summer officially started last Thursday as we enjoyed the longest day between sunup and sundown. I love the long …

Three Book Winners!

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Thank all of you who joined in with the fun of my “Name your Caption” game here. You all came up with some great captions for the pictures I posted. I appreciate all the comments and especially appreciate those of you who come check out things here every week. I don’t have a new picture up for a caption, but …

A Birthday Cake for Jesus

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At Christmas we’re all winners when we think about what happened in a little Bethlehem stable over 2000 years ago. We celebrate that in so many different ways and I’ve had a great time reading about which Christmas traditions are favorites of yours. One thing often mentioned by those of you who entered my Christmas giveaway was Candlelight services. Many …

Scavenger Hunt Fun

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Plant seeds of happiness, hope, success, and love; it will all come back to you in abundance. This is the law of nature. ~Steve Maraboli The Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt is over. It was a great weekend with hundreds of readers stopping by the posts of the twenty-four authors who took part with some fabulous and fun content. I thank …

Mysteries Solved – Winners Chosen

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Do you know what this is? It’s a hedge apple and this has been a banner year for them. The hedge apple is the fruit of the Osage Orange tree and is a native tree in parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas where the Osage Indians lived and thus the name. Ranchers once planted the trees as hedges that served …

Once in a Lifetime Eclipse

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I’m late with this post. I’ve been late with everything this week since I went off to play last weekend at Cumberland Lake on Sunday and then to watch the eclipse – the total eclipse – at South Union Shaker village on Monday. How could I not go to that opportunity? A total eclipse and a chance to tour the …

No Mystery about the Winners

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“As an inspiration to the author, I do not think the cat can be over-estimated. He suggests so much grace, power, beauty, motion, mysticism. I do not wonder that many writers love cats; I am only surprised that all do not.” (Carl Van Vechten) My dog, Oscar might take offense at that quote. Oscar’s a great writing companion, but cats …

Hidden Springs Celebration Winners

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I enjoyed every story you shared with me when you entered my celebration giveaway for Murder Is No Accident. Some of the first love stories were memories from when you were kids in elementary school. Others were of those first loves after you reached dating age and some were stories about first loves that were also lasting loves. That’s the …