I love to listen to people tell stories. That could be because I’ve been called a storyteller, but I usually tell my stories with my fingers on a keyboard. My stories are generally printed in books and sometimes read aloud by a narrator on audio books. These Healing Hills has just been released on audio books. I talked to the …
If a window of opportunity appears, don’t pull down the shade. ~Tom Peters Do you like windows? I do. My favorite room is one full of windows. But to get the most out of those rooms with windows, you sometimes have to get out the spray bottle of window cleaner and squeegees. Our church is getting ready to have a Homecoming …
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life. (Unknown) I had great fun at the ACFW Conference. That’s the American Christian Fiction Writers Conference. The ACFW is an organization that promotes Christian fiction and helps writers, both published and those hoping to be published, find ways to improve their writing to entice readers into their fictional worlds. This week …
You can’t teach an old dog new tricks. ~ English Proverb Do you think that’s true? Sometimes with Frankie I wonder if you can teach a young dog new tricks! Actually Frankie is learning a few things. Still has some things to learn but sometimes the teacher is at fault. But I’m wondering more about me learning new tricks. Do …
Why are birthday’s good for you? Statistics show that the people who have the most live the longest! (Larry Lorenzoni) I’m guessing in the picture above where I’m sitting in the lap of my very fashionably dressed big sister while my cousin and my other sister posed for the camera that I had not yet had my first birthday. But I …
“I’m going to Springfield and put flowers on that man’s grave.” That’s what a friend told me today when I happened to see her at the grocery store. She had read my book, River to Redemption, and was moved by the actions of Louis Sansbury. (In my book, I changed his name to Sanderson since my story is fiction.) But my friend …
Puttin’ on a cowboy hat & a pair of boots doesn’t make you country; like puttin’ on a ball gown & glass heels won’t make me Cinderella. ~Kellie Elmore Do you remember that song Barbara Mandrell sang years ago. “I was country, when country wasn’t cool.” I’m guessing that was a lot of you and me too as we …
Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. ~Nathaniel Hawthorne Do you remember those “You might be a redneck” jokes made popular by Jeff Foxworthy? He had a bunch of them. Even had books of them. Well, lately, I’ve been thinking about things that …
The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. (Genesis 2:15 (ESV) Labor Day weekend is often called the official end of summer. In past years it signaled the start of school. It’s not that way anymore in our state since the schools are air-conditioned now and the legislature mandated …
“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows. It’s what sunflowers do.” ~Helen Keller Sunflowers make me smile. I once titled one of my Heart of Hollyhill books, Sunflowers of Joy. That title was eventually changed to Summer of Joy, but my first idea for a title showed how I think of sunflowers as something that can …