“A snow day literally and figuratively falls from the sky—unbidden—and seems like a thing of wonder.”</strong> ~Susan Orlean I didn’t get my post done last night and so I took you for a walk with me on the new fallen snow this morning. Not much snow. Maybe 2 inches, but however much it was, it coated all the tree limbs …
We will never finish everything on our to-do lists. It’s not possible, and that is life! ~Susan L. Taylor Do you make lists of things you want to get done? I do. Sometimes then I do lose those lists in the papers that seem to reproduce on my desk. I might come across the list weeks or even months later …
Wednesday slipped by me. I don’t know about you all, but so much staying at home during this pandemic has me sometimes having to think twice about what day it is. Then, I did have final edits show up for my upcoming book, Along a Storied Trail, releasing June 1st, that also knocked me off schedule. I know, excuses, excuses. …
Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other. –Walter Elliot (1888-1958), Scottish politician Sometimes when I give a talk about writing, I’m asked what characteristic is most valuable to a writer. I can’t really answer that for everybody, but for me it has to be perseverance, that stubborness in my will center that …
At some point, you have to sit down and face the page alone. At some point, the final decisions need to be yours. At some point, you have to give yourself deadlines and stick to them. ~John McNally I’ve begun my next book. My deadline looms out there and even though it’s a few months away, those months will slide …
You will enrich your life immeasurably if you approach it with a sense of wonder and discovery, and always challenge yourself to try new things.” –Nate Berkus Have you ever wanted to try something new? Even if you weren’t really sure you could do whatever it was? I suppose we’ve all met challenges like that. Perhaps when we first sat …
If you’ve ever attended a Vacation Bible School as a kid or as an adult teacher, then you have probably sung the song “I’ve Got the Joy, Joy, Joy” (down in my heart) many times. It’s a great song that is easy to sing and that makes you happy just to sing it or hear children singing it. We always …
“I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.” – Gilbert C. Chesterton It may be a little late for Christmas gifts although I still have my tree up with the lights on. (Not looking forward to the dismantling and packing away decorations job.) But the fancy paper and ribbons …
Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. ~Colossians 3:13 (NIV) This morning on my Facebook page today for my weekly Shaker Wednesday, I posted about the Shakers’ Sacrifice Day or Day of Atonement. But I think it works for a last post of the year here on …
It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. ~Lamentations 3:22-23 (KJV) Whenever I autograph a book, I include a Scripture reference. I try to come up with one that somehow matches the book, either the title or something in the book. For …