Meet Adriane Darcy. Isn’t she pretty? Okay, so maybe this is actually beautiful actress and model Alexis Bledel. But she is also the answer to a question on the titling questionnaire I just received from Revell. ~~ Filling out titling questionnaires isn’t my favorite writing task. Yet at the same time it is definitely a favorite form to receive in …
I did my Christmas decorating today. It no longer looks as if I’m moving in or out with all the boxes – except for one room where I’ve got boxes piled to the ceiling for present wrapping. Well, maybe not to the ceiling, but a big pile for sure. You have to have the right size box for your present …
December came in right yesterday with snow. My dog, Oscar, loved it. I liked that it didn’t stick around. I’m not ready for snow on the ground. That’s January’s gift. Each season does have gifts it brings us and this time of the year is a good time to be thinking about gifts. I’m thinking a lot about gifts for …
“Each day comes bearing its own gifts. Untie the ribbons.” – Ruth Ann Schabacker. December is almost here. That means Christmas is right around the corner with all the traditional activities. There’s the reason for the season – the birth of the Savior. That’s good to keep in the center of our thoughts. Shepherds in the field watching their flocks. …
“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” (William Arthur Ward) Happy Thanksgiving to all of you. I definitely don’t want to have a present of gratitude all wrapped up in my thoughts and not present it to those who have blessed me. You, my readers, are a blessing to me – those …
The name of a man is a numbing blow from which he never recovers. ~Marshall McLuhan Do you like your name? Have you changed your name from the name your parents gave you? Are you burdened with a nickname you hate? I’m creating characters right now. Well, a couple of the characters have been walking around with me for several …
Some of you who follow my posts on Facebook and have been following this blog for a while know I have a great niece named Kaelyn who was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia the week before Christmas last year. She’s undergoing treatment at St. Jude’s and has 91 more weeks of chemo. She’s a beautiful little girl and when she …
I had a great weekend of writing events. Friday I got to meet with a writers’ group and talk writing and books. Is there anything more fun than talking books? Oh yeah, reading them. This group had lots of great questions. Some about the Shakers. More about writing and the process of publishing. These writers knew some about publishing because …
I’m a day late with this because I’ve been running into bears. Well, that might be a bit of an exaggeration, but I have been out of touch and internet deprived for the last few days up in one of those cabins perched on a mountainside slope in the Smokies. And I did see a bear. Right on the front …
Time is free, but it’s priceless. You can’t own it, but you can use it. You can’t keep it, but you can spend it. Once you’ve lost it you can never get it back. (Harvey MacKay) That’s a great quote for a day when we were gifted with an extra hour. Of course most of us slept through our gift …