While I was walking the dogs yesterday through the tall wet grass in the hayfield, I spotted a little blue peeking out from the clouds. We got two and a half inches of rain in the last couple of days. It boomed a little too that had Frankie nervous and holed up in the corner beside the bed. But when …
You will show me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore. …Psalm 16:11 (NKJV) There’s nothing quite so sad as looking back at a dog sitting in the path no longer able to walk with you. I like dogs. When I was around ten, I begged and begged for …
“You will be blessed the moment you realize you already are.” – Bryant McGill Hope you are having a tremendous week with blessings chasing you everywhere you go. Even more, I hope you notice those blessings. Sometimes we stay so busy that we don’t always pay attention to the good things in our lives. At my little country church we …
It’s only about a month until my new book, Along a Storied Trail is released and I can hope the book will be landing in some readers’ hands. So for fun tonight, I’m introducing you to one of the secondary characters in the story and letting him tell you a Bible story. So meet Preacher Rowlett. Preacher as the graphic says …
The meaning of the violet changes depending on the color of the flower and the person the flower is sent to. Blue violet flowers symbolizes love and faithfulness, white violets represent purity and chastity, and yellow violets symbolize high worth and goodness. On Sunday’s post, I invited you all along on a wildflower hunt and then asked you about your …
“What a lonely place it would be to have a world without a wildflower!” ― Roland R Kemler Every spring I give myself at least one afternoon to go wildflower hunting. And so, since the sun was shining today and the wildflowers were bound to be blooming, I took off for the creek with the dogs, Marley and Frankie. That …
Practice being curious; want to know things; ask questions. ~Anders Holm Not long ago I invited any of you who wanted to do so, to ask me a question. A few of you took me up on that and today I’m answering those questions. Some of them I get asked often when I give a book talk, but I never …
What winter is this? Once when I mentioned a “winter” in the springtime on Facebook, some people had never heard of such things. Perhaps it’s mostly something farmers or country people come up with to label the cool snaps that come every year after spring is officially here. It will warm up and give us some beautiful days and then …
Publishing is a business. Writing may be art, but publishing, when all is said and done, comes down to dollars. ~Nicholas Sparks Not long ago, I asked what questions you would like to ask me or perhaps any writer. I answered Lavon’s question about Hobbies, Ideas and Inspiration a week or so ago. You can click on the link if …
“The great gift of Easter is hope.” – Basil Hume I was so happy to be able to go to church on Easter Sunday this year. It seemed very strange when Easter rolled around last year and many churches, including ours, were dark due to the COVID19 pandemic. Of course, even though we didn’t get to have church services celebrating …