So how many tricks did you get played on you today or how many did you play on your friends? I never do any good at April Fools’ Day jokes. I guess I don’t have much of a poker face. But one of the guys at church got one of our ladies tonight. He asked her what happened to her …
Pressing On
Another Sunday. Isn’t it amazing how quickly the Sundays come around? I know, I know! I’m just thinking that because I’m getting older. Well, everybody still breathing is getting older. Even little kids. But some of us maybe have already gotten a bunch older, huh? Anyway, when I was one of those little kids, a week seemed to take forever. …
Rainy Day Friends
Thanks to all of you who have sent kind words to me after I didn’t win the big prize for my book, The Outsider. Reading your e-mails has been like winning lots of little prizes of friendship. And what better prizes can a person win! So thank you for being a blessing. You know, there are so many times when …
I Didn’t Win
I didn’t win the award for best Christian Fiction novel of 2009. 🙁 Actually I didn’t expect to win, but then when they were announcing the winners at the banquet last Thursday night about five minutes before they were ready to announce the fiction winner, I got to thinking, you know, it would be nice to win. And what if …
Texas Here I Come
Hi everybody. Tomorrow’s the big day. I’m getting on that airplane and flying to Texas. I’ve already asked my church family for prayers for the airplane and the pilot. I’m n-n-not really a n-n-n-ervous flyer. Honest. I mean I’ve already been on two airplane trips. That makes me practically an experienced traveler, doesn’t it? But prayers always help. No matter …
Sunday Traditions
Don’t you just love Sundays? There’s even something about the word that sounds good – Sunday. What did you do on Sundays when you were a kid? We visited with family most every Sunday. One Sunday my cousins and their parents would be at our house. The next Sunday we’d go to theirs. We had so much fun. Then when …
Birthdays – A Reason to Celebrate
Have you ever noticed how birthdays sometimes seem to bunch up in the same month in families? March is one of those months for my family. Not my birthday, but my daughter’s and niece’s and my mom’s. On Darrell’s side of the family there are five dates that are multiple family members’ birthdates. One day in August was the birthday …
Springing Forward
“An extra yawn one morning in the springtime, an extra snooze one night in the autumn is all that we ask in return for dazzling gifts. We borrow an hour one night in April; we pay it back with golden interest five months later.” -Winston Churchill Did you remember to spring forward this morning and make it to church on …
Making the Words Disappear
It’s been a hard work week so far with too many other things I have to do getting in the way of my five pages a day quota to make sure I meet my summer deadline. I’ve been writing and maybe almost getting my pages, but at the end of the day I sometimes end up thinking that I’m going …
Writing That First Draft
Hi everybody. How do you like my new look? On the blog page, that is. I was tired of that brown wallpaper. You’re probably thinking that’s just like a woman to want to rearrange furniture. Not me. I set a piece of furniture down it stays there forever unless I’m having company and have to move it to clean the …