I went blackberry picking with my son and his family this afternoon. It’s a good berry year. We were picking wild blackberries over around the hay field so that my daughter-in-law can make jam. Since it’s late already tonight, I decided to go back in my archives and pull out an old post to rerun. So here’s what I wrote …
“We can learn so much by observing the way our pets rejoice in life’s simplest moments. For a dog, every morning is Christmas morning. Every walk is the best walk; every meal is the best meal. Take time every day to celebrate the many gifts that are hidden in the ordinary events of your life.” – Cesar Millan, The Dog …
Do you remember when you only had television through the air by antenna or maybe rabbit ears on the television set? With those rabbit ears, you were always moving them this way or that to try to get a better picture. And you had to get up and walk to the television set to change the channels or to adjust …
July 4, 1966 Jocie Brooke here reporting from Hollyhill, Kentucky. It’s the 4th of July! That means time for parades and fireworks and picnics and sparklers. Sparklers is all the fireworks I actually get to play with. Those booming things aren’t legal in Kentucky and even if they were, Dad would never think we could afford them. It must be …
“There is no psychiatrist to be found anywhere in the world like a puppy licking your face.” (Ben Williams) Are you a dog person? If you’ve visited me here on my blog or if you join the conversation on my Facebook author page, then you know that I definitely like dogs. And this weekend we had a houseful of the …
Didn’t Emily share an inspiring story with us about her Dream Team on Sunday? Thanks to all of you who stopped by to read about Emily and the many women who have helped her live her dream of going to college. I offered to give a copy of Angel Sister to one of those who commented on Emily’s post, but …
Today I have a special guest on One Writer’s Journal. Emily Shanahan. Feel free to check out Emily’s website to read more of her amazing story. I met Emily via the internet after she had read some of my books. She wanted to give her Dream Team a copy of my book, Angel Sister, in their Christmas packages last year. …
It’s not every day that you chance upon a man who can sing an Elvis song in German. But sometimes you do chance upon the most interesting people when you travel. We just got back from the Memphis Quartet Show. Some of you know that my husband, Darrell, has been singing Southern Gospel music for many years. (By the way, …
Here’s the rest of my just for fun mystery photo. Thanks so much to those of you who took time to look at it and make some sort of imaginative guess. I thought more of you might say gummy worms like Mary did. She also suggested cheetos. I like the carrot peeling guesses. A couple of you came up with …
All good games must come to an end, but we have a few winners of this mystery photo game. Right answers weren’t necessary to be in the drawing. If that had been true then the odds would have been a lot better for a few of you since I did great in being mysterious with this round of mystery photos. …