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“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive -to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.” – Marcus Aurelius Br. Fred, our preacher for many years at the little country church I attend, used to always tell us how he woke every morning thankful for a new day. Each new day …
Why do we love reading? Why do you love reading? Why do I love reading? Let me count the ways. Oh wait, I asked my newsletter readers to do that for me, and have they ever been counting up the reasons and sharing them. That’s great. I’ve loved every response I’ve received. Here’s one that just grabbed me as such …
We come in many different shapes and sizes, and we need to support each other and our differences. Our beauty is in our differences. ~Carre Otis The Kentucky Book Festival was great yesterday. I had a nice position for my book table in the “circle” as the helper told me when I arrived yesterday morning. My table companion was a …
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 …
“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 …
The greatest gift is a passion for reading. —Elizabeth Hardwick What a great weekend at the Columbus Book Festival. If you ever get the chance to go to this festival, you should go. That is obviously a message many readers and writers who live close to Columbus, Ohio, are ready to embrace. Thousands of people showed up for their third …
No object is mysterious. The mystery is your eye. ~Elizabeth Bowen Are you ready for a new Mystery Photo Game? I know. I’ve been promising one for a while, but I had that book to finish and the new book, The Pursuit of Elena Bradford, just released to try to talk up to all the readers I know or hope to …
Back in 2019 before our country was turned upside down by the pandemic, I was blessed to be part of the Readers Rendezvous in Grand Rapids, Michigan put together by some dedicated book lovers and Baker Book House. The next year things got a little crazy with all of us staying home and wearing masks and some of us losing …
January is speeding along. I’m struggling along, not nearly as quickly, trying to get going on my work in progress. The words are being extra stubborn until I’m wondering if I have a story or at least if I’ve come up with the right ideas. Sigh. I know the solution. After all, I’ve written dozens of books. Dozens of them. …
I did this three question interview a few years ago. Not to post here on One Writer’s Journal, but as a guest on a different blog to see if I could tempt some new readers into giving my new book at the time, River to Redemption a try. The interview was a little different from most. Just three short questions …