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Imagination is a gift given to us from God and each one of us uses it differently. ― Brian Jacques It’s time to have a book giveaway game on my blog. I’ve been promising that for a few weeks and finally here we are. No mystery picture game yet. I’ll save that one for when my new book, When the …
“Close your eyes and turn your face into the wind. Feel it sweep along your skin in an invisible ocean of exultation. Suddenly, you know you are alive.” ― Vera Nazarian, The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration March in my part of the country can show you snow, rain, sunshine, sleet, and clouds – sometimes all in the same day. But the one thing you can …
Fight to find the joy in everyday. (Aleisha) Something popped up on Facebook a while back that started me thinking. I know. Lots of things pop up on Facebook. Some fun things. Some serious things. Some crazy things. But what I’m talking about was a suggestion to name three everyday type of things you love without thinking about it. So I …
A dog will teach you unconditional love. If you can have that in your life, things won’t be too bad. ~Robert Wagner Any of you who stop by here to see what’s going on down here on the farm or in my writing world or for my this and that, you know I am a dog lover. I got my …
“If I had a rose for every time I thought of you, I’d be picking roses for a lifetime.” –An Old Swedish Proverb I had fun sharing some Valentine stories on Sunday and I have just a few more to share today. Then I will share my own “how we met” story. First Betty found her special Valentine at a young …
Sometimes we find love and sometimes love finds us. When I sent out my newsletter on Valentine’s Day, I invited readers to share Valentine stories. Some did, and now I get to share these magical first meetings with you. Robin was at work when love found her. A first date on Valentine’s is a great way to start out a …
A kind word is like a Spring day. ~Russian Proverb I sent out a Valentine newsletter Sunday night. Of course, I included a chance to win a book and as a Valentine bonus some chocolates. I’m hearing from so many of you who include a kind and encouraging few words with your entries. People need those kind words and what …
“To love at all is to be vulnerable.” ~C.S.Lewis One of my favorite secondary characters in Along a Storied Trail is definitely Perdita Sweet or Aunt Perdy as most of the mountain people in the story called her even if as she said, she wasn’t an aunt to any of them. She was as prickly as a cockleburr and seemed to enjoy …
Just because you know my name doesn’t mean you know my story. That is a slightly enhanced version of a quote attributed to Jonathan Anthony Burkett. “You know my name, not my story.” Sometimes that’s where I am when writing a new story. Names are important to me as I try to get to know my characters. I have a …
Winter sunlight is a warm old soul, spreading love in the bitter cold. ~Angie Weiland-Crosby Don’t you just love a winter day filled with sunlight? Perhaps you have a favorite chair by a window where the sun streams in to warm you when winter has thrown cold winds our way. Sunlight can make everything more beautiful and cheer our souls. Sunlight …