River to Redemption is still a Kindle Monthly Special for a few more weeks. You can grab the book right now for $1.99 for your e-reader. With the book on special, I thought this would be a good time to share bits of two different interviews my characters did last summer. Adria was interviewed by Novelpastimes.com and Louis was interviewed by …
“To see the magic of life look through the wondrous eyes of a child.” ~Debasish Mridha Thanks to all of you who said you might enjoy some hiker devotional thoughts, I plan to post a devotional on the first Sunday of each month for a while. So here’s the initial entry of 1st Sunday Hiker Devotionals. Let me know what …
What would entice you to part with two dollar bills? Doesn’t seem like much money theses days. Back when I was a kid – that has been a few years ago – you could buy a candy bar for a nickel and six candy bars for a quarter at our country store. Note, I remember what candy bars cost because …
Let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them; let all the trees of the forest sing for joy.” (Psalm 96:12 NIV) I love the springtime. I love all the seasons. Well, in the middle of February when the cold wind is blowing and the sun has hidden its face behind clouds for days, then I admit to being a …
Perfect happiness is a beautiful sunset, the giggle of a grandchild, the first snowfall. It’s the little things that make happy moments, not the grand events. Joy comes in sips, not gulps. ~Sharon Draper Do you have a place where you feel happy? A place that gives you happy moments? If you knew where such a place is, how often …
Once upon a time several years ago, I think before my first inspirational novel, Scent of Lilacs, was published, I played with the idea of writing a book of devotions for the casual hiker. I hoped to come up with fifty-two, one a week. Devotional Thoughts for Hikers. Well, I might have needed a better title than that. I wrote a dozen …
Our crazy English language. In America we’ve borrowed words from everybody and twisted and turned them to make them our own. I’ve heard people say that English can be a hard language to learn because a lot of time it doesn’t make sense. Take the word love. In some languages there are different words for different kinds of love. Our …
Life goes by fast. Enjoy it. Calm down. It’s all funny. Next. Everyone gets so upset about the wrong things. Joan Rivers Have you ever been in a spot where everything seems to go wrong at the very worst time? You’ve prepared. You’re ready to do your best. You may be excited about what’s happening and then things start going …
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Have you ever been on a scavenger hunt? Back when I was a kid, my mother would sometimes do a scavenger hunt for our Easter treats. Other times, my sisters, cousins and I would make up scavenger hunts just for fun. I don’t remember if we had a prize at the end, but the fun was in figuring out the …