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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 …
My post is a little late. Monday instead of Sunday, but we had a big day at our house yesterday with our sons and their families here to enjoy the beautiful day of Easter. They came to church too. One family drove three hours and were only about five minutes late for services. Now that’s being a special gift to …
When I first leafed through a book about steamboats and excursion boats looking for an idea for a new story, I didn’t know much about showboats. But as soon as I started reading about them I knew I wanted a showboat on the river to be my next historical novel setting. Now the release of In the Shadow of the …
“No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.” ~Hal Borland We’ve had some interesting weather here in Kentucky this winter and spring. February was unseasonably warm and springlike. No snow. Days that made a person think it was time to plant gardens. And then March came calling. The first day of March was gorgeous, one of those gifts while the …
“A flower blossoms for its own joy.” ~Oscar Wilde The dogs and I went wildflower hunting, and in spite of how winter has seemed to hold on past its time, we found plenty. Well, I admit that I was more interested in the wildflowers than my furry walking buddies even if it does look here as though Frankie might be thinking …
I love to write. I love even more when a book is all finished, edited and in readers’ hands or on their e-book readers. And I love book events where I get to meet some of those readers. I get that pleasure again this Saturday, March 25, 2023, at the Southern Kentucky Book Fest at the Knicely Center in Bowling …
Here it is late Sunday night and I just realized I usually post something on Sunday nights. It’s been a busy few weeks. I’m writing and writing some more as I try to keep words spilling across my computer monitor and get my new story out of my head. It can get pretty crazy when I have a writing deadline …