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A leaf covered wagon road through a woods can be a path of possibilities to a hiker. Who knows what might be around the bend? Deer or a hawk whistling a warning to the woods inhabitants below or a beautifully decked out maple tree. Perhaps there will be nothing but more of the same, but in this case the same …
Where do you feel happy? And if you found such a place, how often would you make every effort to go there? This would be a place where you would feel loved and worthy and safe and engaged in life. No boredom there. No hard testing. Except, of course, some of us are happiest when faced with challenges that we …
I love book fairs and festivals. They have two of my favorite things in life – people and books. Well, maybe I shouldn’t say people are things, but you get the idea. Book fairs are places where most everybody who is in the place has a love for books. That’s why they are there – unless, of course, they were …
Time to Begin Again. How to begin? How do you begin anything that must be done? A long journey – by taking the first step. An unpleasant chore – by grabbing the mop or hammer or paintbrush or whatever tool is necessary to get started. A novel – by discovering the character or event that will push you to the …
You can take the girl out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of the girl!!Okay, here I am trying on my fancy smancy dress before taking off for the ACFW Conference last week. My necklace is glittering. I’m practicing my smile – squinting a bit since my husband insisted I had to look into the sun. …
Wow! What a week! Writers, writers, and more writers all in one place. ~~ I did my very first writers conference in June last summer when I taught a couple of classes at the Kentucky Christian Writers Conference here in the state. And then last weekend I was off to my first national writers conference – the ACFW Conference. That’s …
Hi, everybody. No time for blogging this week with the National Quartet Convention and now I’m off to the ACFW Conference. Next week I’ll be back on schedule – I hope. I’ll tell you all about what’s been going on. Have a great week.
Today is National Grandparents Day. President Carter proclaimed the first Sunday after Labor Day to be Grandparents Day in 1978. The history I read says the day originated with a Fayette County, WV housewife, Marian McQuade whose primary motivation was to promote the need to pay attention to lonely elderly people in nursing home. She also hoped having a special …
I just finished reading The Story of Edgar Sawtelle. I love dogs so this seemed a natural for me. And I did enjoy the dog parts of the story. I liked lots of parts of the story. But some of it had me wondering not just about the story, but about me. Now if you’re going to read this book, …
I’ve been thinking about crossroads since I’m trying redo my cover for Angels at the Crossroads. So I’ve been looking at pictures of crossroads and road signs while trying to decide what’s best for Jerry’s story. Someone suggested a new title might be best, but some things can’t be redone. Too many people have already bought the book titled as …