T Writing a book set in the past can open up some doors to interesting research. A writer can suddenly find themselves needing more information about things she never even considered needing to know when that first idea for story came to mind. But then you start digging a little deeper into the story’s history. You think more about what …
I love Spring. I also love summer and fall and even winter. That narrows things down a little, doesn’t it? But I wouldn’t really want to live where there weren’t seasons. Where it was always warm. Where the sun shone all summer and only made cameo appearances in the winter. I love the Spring sunshine and when the flowers burst …
My sons came home today to celebrate a family day of Easter. Back some years ago, our sons and sometimes our daughter started a tradition of coming home to go to church on Easter Sunday and then out here to the farm for dimmer. We’ve worshiped together many years at our little country church. Back when my kids were little …
It’s back to beans and taters here on One Writer’s Journal. A preacher at our little country church used to say that after we had a guest speaker or some kind of special program and then he was back in the pulpit bringing us a message. So, if you went on the Scavenger Hunt last weekend, then that was the …
Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt Stop #9 Welcome to the Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt! If you’ve just discovered the hunt, be sure to start at Stop #1, and collect the clues through all the stops, in order, so you can enter to win one of our top 5 grand prizes! The hunt BEGINS on 4/10 at noon Mountain with Stop …
This picture of a little fawn has nothing at all to do with my post, but I needed to pull up a picture to give me a smile. This week has been, as I said in my blog title, one to forget. I came up on this baby several years ago. I actually had Frankie on leash, but he never …
One cannot plan for the unexpected. ~Aaron Klug Sometimes you have a bump in the road. Literally. At least for my husband. Monday afternoon, I needed some tomato juice to make chili since we were planning to have my husband’s brothers and sisters-in-law and sister over for a chili supper on Tuesday. My husband volunteered to make the grocery store …
You’re only here for a short visit. Don’t hurry, don’t worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way. ~Walter Hagen Have you ever worried about something until you were nearly sick? The Bible warns us that worrying is useless and shows lack of faith. As true as that is, I also know that most all of us …
“A smile is happiness you’ll find right under your nose.” — Tom Wilson Have you ever seen a dog smile? You might say Frankie is smiling here, or it could just be a goofy look. You can decide. We did have a dog named Tate once that did smile. Whenever we would get home after being to church, town, school, …
National Puppy Day is observed on March 23rd every year. It celebrates the sweetness and fun of puppies and how just looking at them can make us smile. But the woman who got the day started had a more serious goal in mind beside making us all smile. National Puppy Day began in 2006, thanks to Colleen Paige, an animal …