Time Traveling with Cousins

One of the things I love about being an author and including family history in my stories is that it’s connected me to lots of family members I didn’t even know I had! Cousins I might never have met otherwise are now part of my world. And there’s no...

Happy Hallo-Birthday Mom!

I suspect it was kind of tough on Mom having a Halloween birthday when we were kids. No fancy dinner out. Not much of a celebration at home. Mostly just wrangling kids and costumes and candy. So for Mom’s birthday today I just want to say THANK YOU for being the...

The Art of Walking in the Woods

Walking in the woods is one of my very favorite things to do. But I have to be careful who I say that to, because people then often want to come with me. And it wasn’t until I read this poem by Mary Oliver that I realized why I so rarely take people up on it...