Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other. – Walter Elliot Back in 2008 when I started this blog, One Writer’s Journal, I gathered quotes to share on the middle of the week post. Later I started doing two full posts each week and have kept it up for all these years. This post …
Jocie Brooke here reporting from Hollyhill, Kentucky Wow, somebody interviewed Dad to find out more about what he believes after those Heart of Hollyhill books about us came out. Do you think we’re famous now? Dad would say I was thinking wrong. That I shouldn’t be thinking about being famous but about our story maybe helping other people. He’s right. …
“Far up in the deep blue sky, Great white clouds are floating by; All the world is dressed in green; Many happy birds are seen, Roses bright and sunshine clear Show that lovely June is here.” — F. G. Sanders People often say which time of year they love best. Winter doesn’t get picked all that much and summer, once …
Life is the greatest of all mysteries, and though I seek to solve its many riddles, my deepest fear is that I will succeed. — Brian Rathbone And so once again the Mystery Photo Game draws to a close. I hope you had fun. I did although I had a monumental failure of making a mystery out of the last photo …
The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery. ~Anais Nin What a great Mystery Photo Game you all have made this one! Thank you for making it fun. The first picture most of you got easy peasy, but I upped my game and made it a little harder on the …
The almost surprised look that death had frozen on his face didn’t matter now. What mattered was why the man was there on the Hidden Springs Courthouse steps where folks didn’t get murdered. At least never until tod ay. (From Murder at the Courthouse) Only two more mystery photos for this Mystery Photo Game including the one here. That’s probaby …
Life is not what you expect: it is made up of the most unexpected twists and turns. ~Ilaiyaraaja I must admit that I was glad you weren’t all right or nearly so with your guesses on the last mystery photo like on the first picture. That gives me a little more courage to continue on with this game and to …
You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time. (Generally attributed to Abraham Linclon with some Quotation Experts doubting he ever said it.) As Yogi Berra is quoted as saying (true or not) “I haven’t said half the things I said.” …
“The less you reveal, the more people can wonder.” ~Emma Watson A few years ago, maybe when I published my first Hidden Spring mystery, Murder at the Courthouse, I decided to celebrate writing a mystery by having a mystery photo game. You all enjoyed it so much (and I had fun too) that I’ve done a new Mystery Photo Game every time …
The locust trees are blooming. I went outside last night at dusk and could smell their sweet scent in the air even though the trees are a little ways away from the backyard. If you’ve read my Hollyhill book, Scent of Lilacs, you might know why I especially love catching the scent of the locust blooms. Of course, I loved breathing …