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“Hummingbird darts lightly through the world, spreading its message of joy and beauty, and teaching us to appreciate the wonder and magic of everyday existence. Hummingbird brings the gift of joy. Learn to laugh and be happy.” ~Unknown author I love seeing hummingbirds. They do seem nearly magic as they hover and drink from the throats of flowers. Just the …
Some of you who hang out with me on Facebook know that Monday my purse was stolen – with my checkbook in it. With my phone in it. With my credit cards in it. You see it was like this. I was taking Mom home for a home visit to see what might need to be done there before taking …
Once while St. Francis of Asissi was hoeing his garden, he was asked, “What would you do if you were to suddenly learn that you were to die at sunset today?” He replied, “I would finish hoeing my garden.” That’s a question that all of us pose to ourselves at some time or other. What would we do if we …
I made boysenberry jam a couple of days ago and posted a picture of the finished product on my FB page. It’s fun sharing things that are going on out here on the farm. But after I put up the picture there were a lot of questions about the berries. They’re like blackberries only bigger than wild blackberries and sweeter …
Nine more days to take part in my Celebration giveaways. Either on my website at the The Gifted Contest Page (prizes shown there) or at Fresh Fiction and have a chance to win a lovely journal and pen. The picture of the basket and my book The Believer is the second prize in my website contest. The basket is a one-of-a-kind …
My Hometown Reading Friends Any excuse to have fun is a good excuse. And I did have fun this weekend celebrating my new Shaker book, The Gifted. See this roomful of friends waving at me and smiling? And that was after I talked. Could be that’s why they were smiling — because I’d finally hushed. I asked them to wave …
Well, Mom and I spent another night in the emergency room at the hospital. This time my sister went along. She’s spent a lot of hours in ERs with her husband who was continually a cranky patient, but dementia adds a whole new dimension to an ER experience – especially after a fall and they strap a confused older person …
“For a tree to become tall it must grow tough roots among the rocks.” ~Friedrich Nietzsche We’ve been having dry and hot, very hot weather here in Kentucky. It’s weather a lot of others in the country are sharing. In a stretch of ten days we set seven record highs and went over 100 degrees many of those days. And …
Talking to friends – the best part of a booksigning A new book means I get to celebrate with my reading friends. I started having book launch celebrations here in my hometown when my first inspirational novel, The Scent of Lilacs was published. We had so much fun that I’ve had a book launch party for every book since. And …
Did you watch fireworks last night on the Fourth of July? Did you get to hear the oohs and aahs of family and friends while the sky was lighting up with color and noise? Or maybe you had a little one who was terrified by the sky exploding and hid his or her face against you? I missed out on …