A merry heart does good, like medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones. (Proverbs 17:22 NKJ) Usually when I repeat the above Bible verse, I just say the first part of the verse. I like thinking about the good medicine of smiles and laughter, but it’s not as good thinking about those with broken spirits and sadness in their …
A Writing Vacation
I invited a writer friend over to share her preparation for vacation. Here’s what Kristy writes. Morning! If you saw my bags right now, you’d think I was going on a business trip. I made my list yesterday and it looked a little like this: * Chargers (Kindle, Phone, car, download cord for camera) * Laptop and accessories. * Folders …
Sweet Amber Dog
It’s taken me a few weeks before I could write about sweet dog, Amber. Even now it makes me sad that the little dog’s life ended too soon. My granddaughter got Amber for her birthday a few years ago. She was a rescue dog. A miniature wire-haired dachshund. Maybe full bred. Maybe with a little something else mixed in. She …
A Peek at Hidden Springs Mystery 2
Hidden Springs mystery 2 isn’t ready for readers yet. It’s still going through edits and won’t be released until July 2016. That sounds like a while yet, doesn’t it? We still have Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s Day, Valentine’s Day, Easter, Memorial Day, and plenty of other days to fill the time before you’ll have a chance to read my …
Winners and the Rest of the Picture
“The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.” Oscar Wilde And so here is the “rest of the picture” of the last picture puzzle. Some of you got it all the way right. Sherry, Lillian, Juanita, Linda M, Deborah. Several of you got it mostly right. Patricia, Loretta, Flora, and Darlene. Connie and Barbara got it …
One Last Mystery Photo to Guess
You all are just too smart for me. Even when I’m trying to stop being Mr. Nice Guy and pull out all the stops to trick you with a mystery picture, most of you still come up with the answer. Some of you must have grown up on a farm the way I did. I thought sure you’d think they …
Apple Picking Time
October 19, 1966 Jocie Brooke here reporting from Hollyhill, Kentucky. It’s apple picking time here in Hollyhill. Makes me wish we had an apple tree in our yard. There are some old apple trees on the farm behind us. I’ve picked up some of those windfalls now and again for Aunt Love to make applesauce, but they aren’t big pretty …
Some Mysteries are More Mysterious than Others
“All right, all right, all right! No more Mr. Nice Guy!” If any of you have young kids or grandkids you may know where you can find that quote. It’s Grover (sweet, lovable Grover from Sesame Street) in one of my grandkids’ favorite read aloud books, There’s a Monster at the End of this Book. Grover is trying to block …
Mystery Picture Fun Number 3
When I’m doing one of these mystery photo contests, I start looking at every picture I take, wondering if I can trick you all with a close up bit of one of the photos. Some of them are too fuzzy when I enlarge a section of the photo. Some of them are too obvious. I tried hard to use something …
Great Guesses, Now for Mystery Picture 2
Are you ready to guess on mystery picture number 2? Oh, it could be you want to know about mystery picture 1. You all made some interesting guesses. Some made me get a yearning for some salty potato chips, but no, the photo wasn’t potato chips. The spinach leaves guess didn’t make me hungry. Alas, that tells you a lot …