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Mothers hold their children’s hands for a short while, but their hearts forever. ~Author Unknown I miss my mother. She moved on up to heaven eight years ago, but I don’t think you ever stop missing your mom in some deep inner spot. My mom had a good life. She was a good mom. A loving mom. The best mom …
Thanks to all of you who are reading my new book, In the Shadow of the River, or have already read it. Some reviews are showing up here and there and everywhere. And even more fun, well, at least different run, is that Jacci Reed went over to Novel Pastimes and did an interview. While she’s back in 1897, through the magic …
Fun times at a retreat for writers. Always good to rub shoulders with fellow writers. Lots of talk. Lots of laughs and in a beautiful place. Do you know where from the picture up top? And when we get here guess what? They are having a dog carnival day right across from our hotel. How fun is that? And perfect …
One of the fun things about having a new book about to release is sharing a few graphics of quotes from the book. Since you know I write inspirational fiction, you might be surprised that one of my characters in this story is a riverboat gambler and that, as Lisbeth says, he’s the answer to prayers. Kelly turns out to …
Most of us are a little wary of bees, especially if we’ve been stung before. But some bees are more likely to sting than others. Honey bees are ones that would rather not sting you. Even if you are taking pictures of them. My son was visiting Thursday night and when he walked out of the house to go home, …
But then acting is all about faking. We’re all very good at faking things that we have no competence with. ~John Cleese In my books, I love it when unique secondary characters come on stage. In my book, In the Shadow of the River, I had fun getting to know some of those people. One was the grandfather of my main …
After all, I don’t see why I am always asking for private, individual, selfish miracles when every year there are miracles like white dogwood. ~Anne Morrow Lindbergh But have you heard the Legend of the Dogwood? I don’t remember who first told me when I was a young teen that the rusty looking stains on the four petals of the …
“The greatest challenges humans face throughout their lives are two: 1- the challenge of where to start 2- the challenge of when to stop.” –Sameh Elsayed This quote caught my eye when I was looking at ways to celebrate finding those two all important words THE END, because while it may be talking about things we do in life, it …
Have you ever found out about something when it’s already over? Something that sounded perfect? That was me last week when two days late I saw that April 12th, the birthday of author Beverly Cleary (Ramona and many other books), was D.E.A.R. Day. That is, Drop Everything and Read Day. That is definitely my kind of day and I …
I think I was always a drama queen. I really, really, really loved playing pretend. ~Kathryn Hahn Did you like to play pretend when you were a kid? Maybe you still do sometimes, especially if your are a grandparent with the grandkids visiting. So maybe you can pretend Thursday is Wednesday. This deadline approaching for me to be finished with …