It was warm and sunny in South Carolina Thursday, Friday and Saturday. And then we came home to Kentucky and found winter taking up residence here. It is chilly outside. I had to fill up the car with gas a while ago and all of us at the gas tanks were complaining about the chill. Not the prices. Wow! It …
Some Trees to Remember
What is your favorite tree? Thanks, Jane, for letting us know some of your favorites. I’ve been trying to think of my own and of course, couldn’t narrow it down to one. I enjoy walking among the trees. Taking a path that leads through some towering oaks or golden maples. Even as a kid, I would pick out this or …
Trick or Treats and Ghost Stories
Friday was Halloween. It seems like Halloween gets a little more popular every year. There are even special Halloween stores now and many, many decorated yards. I’m not much of a decorator. I have put pumpkins out on my porch when we raised them in the garden a time or two and I might have even carved a face in …
Back from the Smokies
Got home from our trip to the Smokies with the Gabhart side of the family – the brothers and sisters. We had a beautiful cabin up on the side of a mountain and a great time talking and catching up on all our family news. When Darrell’s mom died a few years ago, we decided to make a special effort …
Two states down – Two to go!
I made my trip to New Albany, Indiana. The Heaven Help Us Bookstore was a beautiful place owned by a couple of beautiful people, Nyla and Mary Lou. They were mother and daughter team, and both had a love of books. Their store overflowed with lots of other lovely Christian items as well. I did a little Christmas shopping while …
A Writer Needs to Feed Her Imagination
I talked to a fun bookclub on Monday night by phone. I’m not great at hearing on speaker phones, but I could tell those ladies of the South Zumbra Church Book Club were having a good time. And not just because they were talking to me although I’m sure that put a little extra zing in the meeting – getting …
The Joys of the Electronic Age and Booksignings
Hi, everybody. Thanks for stopping by. But this post is late since my phone lost its dial tone all weekend. The repairman just called a few minutes ago to say our phone was working again. Somebody dug a fencepost hole and cut the cable. I don’t know who was fencing, but it wasn’t us. Anyway, out here in the sticks …
A Country Church Revival
We just got home from the last night of our revival at Goshen. How many of your churches still have revivals? I’ll guess they aren’t like the revivals of old. I’ve been told of two week revivals, but since I’ve been faithfully attending Goshen, revivals started on Monday with the evangelist and went through the next Sunday. And we never …
Wild and Wonderful West Virginia Book Festival
Well, it’s Sunday night, and I’m trying to wind down from a way too busy week. But it promises to be that way all this month. I knew October was going to be extra busy. We’re having revival at church through Wednesday and then my booksigning at Joseph-Beth’s Booksellers in Lexington with Virginia Smith is this Thursday night. I hope …
Finishing the Race
Hi, everybody. Another Wednesday, but this one not the ordinary mid-week hump Wednesday. My daughter and her husband are visiting this week after a weekend in Texas where Gary, my son-in-law, entered and finished an Ironman race. That’s impressive. It took him five hours and forty-three minutes to swim a mile plus, bike fifty some miles and run thirteen miles. …