I lay awake on my back in the dark listening to my husband’s soft breathing. He lay on his stomach, his right arm tossed across my neck, hand resting on my face. I held that hand with my left and nestled my cheek into its cup, seeing it in my mind. My right hand gently […]
Research Resource–Ancestry.com
Illness tackled me for the last couple weeks. In my better moments, I amused myself by doing a little research for my Putty Grampa books. I have a 16-stanza poem that my great-great grandfather wrote about his life as a shanty boy. I have a piece of wallpaper from a family farmhouse. I have my […]
Sickness–A Gift?
I think my left side is permanently wrinkled. I spent most of yesterday on it. I started by sitting on the couch to watch the news. And slid down ever so slowly. Basically into a stupor. One of those weird days where eyes refuse to focus. Momentarily sort of awake, sometimes, but not really. Incorporating […]
Forensics & Faith: Five Reasons Why the Unpublished Can Stop Writing
“Has life and disappointment caused you to shove your writing aside? Enjoy your time off. It’s all part of your journey.” “The real writers always return to writing.” Having set my writing aside for so many years, I dig this post by Brandilyn Collins! Forensics & Faith: Five Reasons Why the Unpublished Can Stop Writing
Mary DeMuth: One Word/One Line Interview
Mary’s in the kitchen cooking up spaghetti sauce today in the midst of a hectic schedule. While she attends to her writing and various family needs, bloggers battle for interviews. Thin Places officially released this week to rave reviews, one of which can be found here. At any rate, I elbowed my way through the […]
Patience Now
Patience.I want it. Now. But it is precious produceSown in the soil of adversity.Timid tendrilUncurlingPressing upwardPrunedProtectedWarmedWateredUntil the fullness of time.His time.And so I wait.Now. “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self control . . .” Galatians 5:22-23 How does YOUR patience grow? NOTE: This post […]
Book Review – Thin Places by Mary DeMuth
I wanted to scoop up the 5-year-old Mary and cradle her in my arms, along with every other young innocent. I wanted to throttle those who stole her innocence. I clutched the book to my heart. I wept. And yet redemption and grace and beauty shine through the pain. And forgiveness in spite of the […]
He Opened His Mouth
When Jesus saw the crowds, He went up on the mountain; and after He sat down, His disciples came to Him. He opened His mouth and began to teach them. Matthew 5:1-2 (NASB) He opened His mouth. That tickled me. How else was He going to teach? Was He going to practice ventriloquist skills with […]
Book Review – The Search for God and Guinness by Stephen Mansfield
I didn’t know. Seriously. I bought a sweatshirt at a harp festival. It was oversized and warm and had harps on it. I tried to find out what a Guinness harp was. No luck. I wore the shirt everywhere. My daughter asked me why I was advertising beer. And then I heard of this book–The […]
Afeared of Writing
Yep, I’m a little afeared of writing. A little. Afeared of being rejected. But then. Not really. I sold life insurance once. I’m tough. Of course, that gig didn’t last long. But I do get enough feedback to think I don’t totally stink. Afeared of being accepted and how that would affect the simpler life […]
