Doing Research with Both Hands

  Food is a central theme in all of my books. Maybe because it’s such a central theme in my life! At one point, one of my characters was going to be cooking on a wood stove. I ultimately moved the timeline forward and he got an electric range, but I felt...

Bon Jovi is Making Me Feel Old

I blogged just over a month ago about turning 40. No big deal. Then I saw a commercial for Advil yesterday. Jon Bon Jovi was pitching painkillers. You know, because he’s getting older and has aches and pains. Apparently jumping around on a stage in tight pants...

The Joy of Anticipation

The new season of Downton Abbey began on PBS last night. It’s too soon to say if it will be as fabulous as Season I, but it’s sure enough GOOD. I’ve been looking forward to Season II since I watched the final episode last year, when war was declared....

An Epiphany–Ten Days Early

On Monday I wrote about getting past our overblown holiday expectations by remembering to spend time with God. I wrote that message primarily for myself. I wasn’t struggling with the expectations so much, it was the time with God I’d been neglecting. So I...