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Family ties are cherished things, forged in childhood days, by love of parents, deep and true, and sweet familiar ways.– Terri Burritt Easter Sunday – a day to celebrate with our church families and a day to gather with our extended families. Did you celebrate the holiday with your family? What traditional things do you do for Easter? When my …
“May your life be like a wildflower, growing freely in the beauty and joy of each day.” – Native American Proverb I love when the wildflowers start blooming. I walked over this morning to check on their progress. That’s when I realized I’d let Wednesday slip past me without sharing a post. So, you are getting a Thursday morning post …
If you have read my books, you know that I love having a young character in my stories. I’ve had two young teens as viewpoint characters – Jocie, 13, in my Hollyhill books and Kate, 14, in Angel Sister, my first Rosey Corner book. But I like having even younger characters and sometimes make them viewpoint characters too. Leatrice, …
Beautiful as a dandelion-blossom golden in the green grass, this life can be. ~Edna St. Vincent Millay Here in Kentucky this year we’ve had an interesting up and down March. One week we had snow and single digit windchills. Not that many days later, we had a record breaking high temperature in the 80’s. But that’s March. Spring can come …
“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you’re all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn’t happen much, though.” ― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye I hope you all enjoyed …
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“Time passes quickly but one thing always lasts – the love and support found in you.” —Catherine Pulsifer Tomorrow is my mother’s birthday. She’s been celebrating in heaven for over ten years now. Seems hard to think about her being gone that long in some ways. In other ways, it seems forever. She was my world when I was the …
Hi, everybody. I’ve worn glasses for sixty or so years. I can’t quite imagine me without glasses. But today, due to an issue with my eyes, I had cataract surgery on my right eye and tomorrow I’ll have the same on my left eye. They say when my eyes recover from the surgery, I won’t need glasses for distance. …
“But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.” …Luke 12:7 (NKJ) Thanks to all of you who read the excerpts I shared from my books set in the Appalachian regions of Kentucky and to those of you who left comments. I always enjoy reading what you …
“The ache for home lives in all of us. The safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.” — Maya Angelou Sorry to be late with this post. Sometimes Wednesday sneaks up on me and right on past especially when I’m trying to find the words for a new story and facing a deadline zooming …