A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in. ~Robert Orben I finished my book in August. Did edits on it and also on my upcoming mystery in September. October came along and more little editing and blog guest posts to do. But then it came time to do some fun things. One Saturday we …
Neighborhood Walking
Walking is man’s best medicine. ~Hippocrates If you are one of my Facebook buddies, you know I enjoy walking. It’s exercise. It’s nature searching. It’s sharing. Most of the time I walk alone. Well, not really alone. With my dog, Oscar, although this summer when the temperature hovered around 100, Oscar preferred the air-conditioning and not walking. I took a …
Have You Ever Been on a Ghost Walk?
I have never seen a ghost and don’t expect to. Don’t really want to. Then you might ask why go on a ghost walk. An excellent question. But it’s October. A man has been doing ghost walks in our little town every week since April, but stops the end of October. Sometimes a person just gets curious. Even if they …
Visiting Hollyhill
This summer my first inspirational novel, Scent of Lilacs, has been a free e-book download. You can find it at most e-book sites like Amazon Kindle; Christianbook.com or Barnes & Noble. And if you’ve made that first visit to Hollyhill, you might want to go back for more visits. Those books, Orchard of Hope and Summer of Joy, are on …
A Country Church Homecoming
Homecoming means coming home to what is in your heart. Our church, Goshen Baptist, had a homecoming yesterday. We celebrated the church’s 204 years as a church. To put that a little in perspective, I looked back into history. Of course, 1812 was when the United States fought the War of 1812. It’s also when Louisiana became the 18th state. …
Story Webs
We live in a web of ideas, a fabric of our own making. ~Joseph Chilton Pearce I’m editing my latest story right now. While I was writing this story that won’t be published until next September 2017, I sometimes felt as though I was having to dredge up every word. I wasn’t sure any word I was finding was a …
A Country Jungle Gym
September 25, 1966 Jocie Brooke here reporting from Hollyhill. Well, actually from Holly County. It’s Sunday and I’m spending the day out on Miss Sally’s farm. It’s great out here on the farm. Quiet. Nobody fussing about anything. Miss Sally said she needed to take a nap and I’d have to entertain myself. I think she just said that because …
Storytelling Time
You’re never going to kill storytelling, because it’s built into the human plan. We come with it. ~Margaret Atwood I got to do something I’ve wanted to do for years yesterday. Go back to the Cave Run Storytelling Festival. I went once before, probably ten years or more ago. The one yesterday was their 18th event. I wish I could …
Water Woes
I love the sounds and the power of pounding water, whether it is the waves or a waterfall. ~Mike May The more often we see the things around us – even the beautiful and wonderful things – the more they become invisible to us. That is why we often take for granted the beauty of this world: the flowers, the …