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A few weeks ago, I was in Harrodsburg, Kentucky where Graham Springs, the setting for my recent book, The Pursuit of Elena Bradford, was located in the 1800’s. I knew a historical marker would be there along with the grave of the dancing lady who died at Graham Springs in the early 1840’s and has never been identified. The story …
“The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.” – Eleanor Roosevelt I recently sent out a newsletter. When I do, I usually invite readers to share a story with me or something about what’s happening in their lives if they would like …
Today, September 21st, is World Gratitude Day. I admit that I had never head of that until I saw it online today, but I feel like it’s something good to celebrate with a special day. Then when I looked up more about World Gratitude Day to find out why we have this day, I was surprised about how it came …
This is a favorite keyboard. I used it for years. I wore away many of the letters from the keys. It has dents in the bottom row made by my fingernails. My thumb rubbed away a section of the hard plastic space bar. I surely have a space bar callous on that thumb. This hasn’t been my only keyboard. I’ve …
~A birthday is just the first day of another 365 day journey around the sun. Enjoy the trip. ~Author Unknown Do you love having birthdays? Sometimes we might groan at the way those numbers make us feel old, but I’m glad to add one on each year anyway. And today I’m happy to have the gift of a new year, …
Poetry is a fresh morning spiderweb telling a story of moonlight hours of weaving and waiting during a night. (Carl Sandburg) I found this absolutely perfect spiderweb last week on one of my morning walks. On many days when I’m out as the sun comes up, dew paints the spiders’ webs to make them easy to see. Often they show up …
“You never climb the same mountain twice, not even in memory. Memory rebuilds the mountain, changes the weather, retells the jokes, remakes all the moves.” – Lito Tejada-Flores No, I’ve never had the urge to climb mountains. I like to hike up trails into the hills, but I’ll leave the actual mountain climbing to others. But when I saw this …
And happily, in addition to that little bit of sinister, there are cats in Hidden Springs! Specifically Two Bits, Grimalkin, and Miss Marble to help save the day at just the right moments in the stories. If you’ve got a cozy mystery, and a dog is introduced, readers’ first question is, ‘Does the dog die?’ They never ask about a …
The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense. ―Thomas A. Edison Tomorrow is Labor Day. Hope you are having a good holiday weekend as we near the end of summer. When I was a kid and after I married too and we raised a crop of tobacco, labor day usually lived up …
Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on. ~Louis L’Amour Last post I shared how my editor encouraged me to write two more books featuring the Shakers and their history. When I had reservations, she dangled a carrot out in front of my writer’s nose. She said that if I would …