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The Best Gift (that was a book)
To follow-up on Wednesday's book-giving post, I thought I'd ask you to share the best book-gift you've ever received. I follow agent Rachelle Gardner's blog and she hit on this topic last week. It's a great idea, so I'm stealing it. Here's mine: The day I was born,...
Making a list and checking it twice . . .
It's getting to be that gift-giving time of year again. I mostly love shopping for friends and family, but there are always one or two folks who are impossible to gift. Luckily, there are always books. And not just great novels, but cookbooks and biographies and...
We're Off to See the Wizard!
I work at a children's home, so Halloween is an important holiday for us. The kids have a costume contest, a pumpkin carving contest, a parade and then trick or treat through our main offices. It's only reasonable that our staff jump in and play along. This year, we...
Introducing . . .
OLIVIA GRACE Olivia is the newest addition to my family. My brother and sister-in-law have been fostering her since she was two-days-old. She's almost one now and as of Monday is officially OURS! That's my baby brother, Daniel, holding his daughter. God has blessed us...
What's for Dinner?
All that reminiscing that's been going on around the blog lately inevitably leads to food memories. Who doesn't remember a dish, a meal or a dinner out that's wrapped up in all kinds of nostalgia? One of the early readers for The Memory of Drowning said it made her...
It's All in the Details
My post on Wednesday focused in on the nostalgia of an idyllic childhood and the responses I got from readers were lovely. It got me to thinking that some of the best moments in books I enjoy are those little details that connect with me on a personal level. -For...
The Blessings of a Rich Childhood
Last weekend, I went home to WV to visit family. My primary goal was to see my 96-year-old grandmother who has recently been moved to a nursing home. She's not happy about it, but as she observed to me, "Nothing stays the same and I don't guess we'd want it to." I...
Happy All Hallow's Even
We have Pope Gregory IV to thank for turning a pagan celebration into a holy day . . . that is once again a pagan celebration (not sure who we have to thank for that!). Ancient Celtic tribes celebrated the New Year on November 1, making October 31 a sort of New Year's...
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