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Happy Father's Day
Yesterday was Father's Day and I was fortunate to spend part of it with my dad at the family farm in West Virginia. Both of my parents gave me a great foundation in life--loving me, nurturing me and giving me the confidence to go out and do things like build a great...
Traveling on
I'm heading home this weekend to spend time with my family and see my dad for Father's Day, so no post today. Tune in Monday to hear about the trek to WV.
Finding what you need
Every other month the women of my church gather for a covered dish dinner, a devotion and time to plan our community outreach efforts. Yesterday I wasn't feeling terribly creative about coming up with a dish to take, so I opted to mix up a pan of brownies. You CAN'T...
She sighed and . . .
Just when I begin to think I have the worst of the kinks ironed out of my manuscript, I sigh and find another. I was reviewing the first few chapters for the umpteenth time and got to a point where "Ella sighed and . . ." I thought, didn't she sigh and do something...
It's No Contest
I keep reading and hearing that as an aspiring writer I should enter contests. This seemed to me not unlike buying a lottery ticket. Contests are subjective and while writers are judged on skill and technique, surely there's a lot of luck that comes into play as well....
I Heart Jan Karon
Have you ever met someone you really admired and found it to be a disappointment? Somehow they're just not as nice as you thought they'd be. Well. That is NOT the case with Jan Karon. I've previously cited her as one of my favorite authors (along with Wendell Berry...
Memorable Characters
I just finished The Grand Sophy by Georgette Hyer. Ms. Hyer is one of my favorite authors and the queen of Regency Romance. I've never read one of her books that I didn't enjoy, but The Grand Sophy is now my absolute favorite. The main character, Sophy, is an...
Love is in the air . . .
I've written before about the bears that often stop by our backyard. They have a trail, no a highway, through the clearing behind our house. We've actually come to enjoy our wild visitors. Last spring we watched Mama bring her three, tiny cubs around. We'd sit in the...
Meet Sarah
