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“If you’re comfortable with yourself and know yourself, you’re going to shine and radiate, and other people are going to be drawn to you.” –Dolly Parton This sheltering in place is easier for some of us than others. For instance, I already worked at home. I live on this big farm where I can go walking with my two furry …
First Sunday Devotional Thoughts. Today was a beautiful spring day in Kentucky. It’s almost as if these fine weekend days are showing up to help lift our spirits in these uncertain and often trying times. That said, I know some of you didn’t have a beautiful sunshiny day but had rain. Perhaps you needed the rain so it was still …
Sunday I did a cover reveal for my upcoming release, An Appalachian Summer. I loved all the comments since you seemed to really like the cover. Some of you said that yes, a cover either attracted you to a story or didn’t. Most of you liked the pretty purple of Piper’s dress and the rhododendrons. I do have Piper enjoying …
“And you still haven’t answered any of my one-hundred ten questions, or my follow ups.” ― Greg Farshtey I think I’ve told you before that the Q & A part of any writing talk I give is my favorite. I don’t have to figure out what I’m going to say for that part of the talk. I just get to …
Words are singularly the most powerful force available to humanity. We can choose to use this force constructively with words of encouragement, or destructively using words of despair. Words have energy and power with the ability to help, to heal, to hinder, to hurt, to harm, to humiliate and to humble. ~Yehuda Berg How many of you, as children, learned the …
The Kentucky Book Fair is an innovative book writing affair involving book lovers, readers, and writers, and it’s happening this weekend on Saturday November 16th, at Alltech Arena at the Kentucky Horse Park. Entrance to the Book Fair is free and plenty of free parking too. Two hundred authors will be there with their books just waiting to talk to …
Winter is on the way. The weathermen have said that four letter word – snow. They warn that we might see some snowflakes tomorrow. On Halloween. But whether the snowflakes come or not, the frost and freeze is on the way. So far we’ve escaped a killing frost. My flowers are still blooming. I should go out in the rain …
Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing. –William James, American Philosopher and Psychologist, 1842-1910 With twin boys, you’d best have a sense of humor and some common sense too, don’t you think? But do any of the rest of you sometimes worry that good …
“You’re never going to kill storytelling, because it’s built in the human plan. We come with it.” – Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid’s Tale Someone once called me a storyteller. I loved hearing that. From the time I first learned cursive writing, I’ve wanted to write down stories. Maybe I printed out some before then. And now my fingers on …
“Life is truly lived in the moments of simplicity!” ― Avijeet Das Readers have been sharing with me some of the favorite summers. Summer is such a special time of amazing vacations, summer camps, times at the pool or beach, and so much more. But sometimes we take a deep breath and remember times that might not be considered exciting or …