“Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August.” (Jenny Han) When I sent out a newsletter with a June giveaway, I invited those who entered to share something about summer with me. It wasn’t a requirement to enter, since any e-mail or comment here on my blog gets you entered, but stories can be fun. As it …
Happy Father’s Day! My dad has been gone for over thirty years, but he is still here in my memories and my heart. He was a good dad. He worked hard on our farm and expected my sisters and me to do our part to help. I was the youngest child and should have been the boy I’m sure he …
“Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.” -Henry James Do you remember how you looked forward to summer vacation when you were a kid in school? I do even though summer did hold plenty of chores and work days for this farm girl. But there was also time to …
If you want to relax, watch the clouds pass by if you’re laying on the grass, or sit in front of the creek; just doing nothing and having those still moments is what really rejuvenates the body. ~Miranda Kerr Summertime is the perfect time to take some moments to do that relaxing and look at those clouds or listen to …
Always fun to actually hold the first copy of a new book in my hand. Of course, I’ve already read it umpteen times while I was writing and editing the story, so I don’t sit down and read it again when I get that first copy hot off the press. But I do imagine others seeing this new book and …
Happy happy! That’s me after last week. An author spends a lot of time shut away in her office with imaginary friends. Sometimes those friends don’t play nice and make the writing hard. Other times the writing goes well and you meet your deadlines and goals. I sent off my work in progress on my readjusted deadline, a month later …
Love doesn’t just sit there, like a stone; it has to be made, like bread, remade all the time, made new. ~Ursula K. Le Guin I haven’t bought a loaf of bread for years now. I have bought a lot of bread flour and whole wheat flour and other ingredients. But you can get spoiled pretty quickly to homemade bread. …
Well, I do find the beauty in animals. I find beauty everywhere. I find beauty in my garden. ~Doris Day Spring is a time for baby animals. So it’s a great time to check out the zoos and animal parks to see the babies born each year. Here on the farm, it’s a great time to take a walk and …
A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. ~William Strunk, Jr. Oh, the joys of editing. Actually, editing is the easiest part for me when I’m writing. Of course, I have to admit that I find editing and …
You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them. ~Desmond Tutu Have you ever noticed how sometimes everything wants to happen on the same day? That’s the way it was in our family last weekend. My grandson was graduating from high school and my granddaughter was having an engagement party. On the same …