You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children. ~Madeleine L’Engle Have you read books by Madeleine L’Engle? Her most famous novel is A Wrinkle in Time. Walt Disney released a movie based on her story not long ago. I haven’t seen the movie. The …
“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.” ~Marcus Tullius Cicero It’s green bean time in our garden. I grow stick beans. Those are beans that you have to supply something for the vines to grow up onto. We use an overhead wire strung between wooden posts and then twine strings attached to the wire …
Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. ~Albert Einstein A couple of weeks ago I went with my son’s family on a trip and on one of the days, we visited an aquarium. I’ve been to aquariums several times …
I don’t think I ever finished a book by reading with a flashlight under a cover, but I might have if I’d had a flashlight with batteries that lasted. When I was a kid, flashlights were more luxury than something on every shelf. Most of the time the one we did have seemed to always be lacking batteries and if …
Bibliophile – a person who has a great appreciation for or collects books. Are you a bibliophile? I guess I could say I am since I do love books and have collected a few over the years. Have even written my share. When I think about all the words that have flowed through my fingers onto paper or a typewriter …
A day late and a dollar short. I’m sure you’ve heard that phrase often. Maybe you even said it about something or other or someone or other. I’m usually the one that’s a little late and a dollar short. That just means I was late getting something done and without all the resources I might need. I figured that saying …
“Butterflies are self propelled flowers.” ― Robert A. Heinlein Do you love seeing butterflies in the summertime? I do. I’m always ready to yank out my phone and try to get it fired up and to the right screen fast enough to take a picture. Sometimes I succeed. Sometimes I simply take a picture of an empty flower. Butterflies are notorious …
Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see. ~John F. Kennedy In response to my recent newsletter in which I asked if any of the readers had at some time in their life worked as a volunteer, I received so many great responses of all sorts of different ways people can volunteer to make …
A couple of weeks ago I sent out a newsletter to celebrate the release of my novel An Appalachian Summer. I hope if you got the newsletter, you enjoyed reading it. If you didn’t get it, you can sign up to be sure not to miss the next one here on the form in the margin of my website. I’d be …