“For him in vain the envious seasons roll Who bears eternal summer in his soul.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes, The Old Player Is summer in your soul? I mean the best parts of summer–barefoot days, bees busy in the clover, blue skies studded with white puffs of clouds. I’d like to keep those days of warmth […]
Jul 30, 2025
Wednesday Writings
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I enjoy being able to speak to far-flung family or friends through the telephone or Skype or email, but sometimes I miss actual letters I can hold in my hands. It’s rare for me to get a personal letter in the old, metal mailbox in front of my house but a few years ago, it […]
Jul 29, 2025
Down Deertrack Hill
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The Cemetery Club was my first book in the Darcy and Flora, mother and daughter series. One of their most frightening episodes was when they took the fast way down Deertrack Hill. Darcy and Flora were driving east toward Fayetteville during a rainstorm. The highway was deserted, or so they thought. As we crossed the […]
Jul 28, 2025
Etta Bend Devotional
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A few years back, I tried making a devotional book based on life at Etta Bend. Somehow, my enthusiasm didn’t hold out, but here is one of those devotionals I would have included in that book: “He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to […]
Jul 27, 2025
Giants and Other Obstacles
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“Got any rivers you think are uncrossable? Got any mountains you can’t tunnel through? God specializes in things thought impossible. He can do things others cannot do.” –Author Unknown That little chorus is running through my mind this morning. Many of us learned […]
Jul 26, 2025
Please and Thank You
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How important are good manners? Pretty important, I’d say. It all begins with self-image, to my way of thinking. How do you view yourself? If you have a pretty low opinion, it’s likely to come out in your language and actions. And others, watching, develop an opinion too. Manners are putting yourself in another’s place […]
