Just for Fun–Friday Quotes

Okay, let’s be honest. Who wouldn’t like to be quoted? For saying something clever, of course, not those foot-in-mouth comments family members somehow remember much more clearly than your birthday or that you won’t eat eggplant. Ever. So until...

The Perils of the Writer's Life

A new study links excessive sitting with premature death. Yikes. Let’s see. I mostly sit at a computer at work. I come home and sit to write. I sometimes sit and watch TV with my husband. I sit and read when I have free time. I even sit in church! Oh sure, I...

Persistence Pays Off

Ray Bradbury is one of my favorite authors. I especially love Dandelion Wine. When I was in high school, I adored short stories and read many of Bradbury’s. Whether you appreciate science fiction or not (I’m not usually a fan, but he’s so much more...

Writing with All Five Senses

I got out a new tube of Chapstick the other evening–one of my favorite vices. I’d been using the blue tube with SPF15 for a long time, but this was one of the classic black tubes. I cracked open that annoying plastic sleeve and slathered some on my lips....

Is Your Burden Light?

How many of you feel overwhelmed at times? Between family, work, church, home and all the other responsibilities we have, we can get stressed out and worn out. Yesterday I came home early to get ready for our Women of the Church meeting. Here’s what I intended to...