The earth is what we all have in common. (Wendell Berry) Earth Day April 22 is the day designated as an unofficial environmental holiday since 1970. And that day was last Saturday. We have days for everything now. For example, I went on the net and found that yesterday, Sunday the 23rd, was Lost Dog Awareness Day. You probably think …
The last couple of weeks I’ve invited you readers to ask questions about my books, writing, or whatever. I answered most of the questions about writing last week on Wednesday. Hop back a couple of posts if you missed them. And if you’ve got more questions, I might be able to come up with more answers. Emily threw in …
A busy time here at the farm for Easter weekend. While all the family didn’t get to come, some of them did. My daughter and her husband and their German shepherd went wildflower hunting with me on Saturday morning. Actually my son-in-law was more into searching for fossils. So we found flowers blooming now and looked for evidence of long …
I asked for more questions and got some. Emily came up with varied ones. So here goes. Q 1 – Do you have any funny stories about raising chickens when you were growing up? I could come up with lots of chicken stories. Not sure how funny any of them would be. I did have a pet bantam rooster that …
Did you ever raise chickens? Maybe you’re one of the many backyard chicken owners right now. I’m not, but when I was a kid we always had chickens. You had to if you lived on a farm. It must have been a rule. I’m just kidding about the rule part, but every farm I knew about had hens. Fresh eggs …
My favorite part of any speech is the question and answer time. Sometimes I talk to a curious bunch who are ready with questions and sometimes I don’t. I’ve discovered if I’m visiting a book club and we’re all sitting around tables or in a circle, the people are more apt to ask questions. But when I’m standing in front …
April Fool’s Day Plus One Have you ever spotted the planet Jupiter in the night sky? Jupiter has been known since ancient times and is visible to the naked eye in the night sky. Occasionally it can even be seen in the daytime when the Sun is low. It’s huge with 67 moons. Gallilei discovered the four biggest moons in …
Back in 2005 when my first Christian novel, Scent of Lilacs, was published, I decided to have a book launch party to celebrate. While that was my fourteenth published novel, it had been several years since my last young adult book was published and Scent of Lilacs represented a new beginning for me. I was stepping into a new market …
“As an inspiration to the author, I do not think the cat can be over-estimated. He suggests so much grace, power, beauty, motion, mysticism. I do not wonder that many writers love cats; I am only surprised that all do not.” (Carl Van Vechten) My dog, Oscar might take offense at that quote. Oscar’s a great writing companion, but cats …
Life is a mystery that unfolds its story to each of us in a different way at the right time. (Hermann J. Steinherr) I’m sure you’ve heard people say that life is a mystery. But is it one we are supposed to solve? Perhaps we are just to tease a few secrets out now and again while the bigger mystery …