I love the times my family fills my house and I hear the children’s laughter. I love company, for that matter, visiting with friends or family. More often, my house is far too quiet. I don’t need to search out a quiet spot to sit and think because the whole house is just that. As […]
Sep 22, 2013
Retreat to Refresh
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Friday I was privileged to attend my friend Fran’s Women’s Retreat, a few hours of food, fellowships, and Bible study. Her theme for this session was : The Bitter Root of Resentment. I learned a few things!! Don’t you enjoy a revelation or a new thought when it comes zinging into your mind? I do. […]
Sep 19, 2013
A Tale of a Tail
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There are tails and then there are other tails. A few days ago, I looked out my front room window on the world and saw a strange sight. Plenty of squirrels live in the neighborhood and seeing them is not uncommon; not seeing them would be uncommon because those cute little pesky rodents are all over the […]
Sep 9, 2013
A Writer’s Inspiration
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A few days ago, one of the questions on a writers’ Facebook page was, What do you do to get unstuck from a writer’s block? My answer was I simply wrote. Darcy and Flora took over, I recorded their conversation and activities and voila! I was unstuck. There’s something else that gets me in the […]
Sep 7, 2013
Saying Good-bye to Friends
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On my Facebook page yesterday, I mentioned that I had completed my third Darcy/Flora, mother/daughter/sleuth book. Will I write a fourth? I don’t know. I’ve been mulling over another series, but we’ll see. Anyway, what a feeling of sadness descended upon me as I finished re-reading and editing that last page! I tied up the […]
Aug 31, 2013
The Mysterious and Romantic Cozy
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Yesterday I wrote about being romantic. This morning as I look out at a dark summer pre-dawn, I think of how life is a many-faceted adventure, not just one thing straight through, but a blending of many feelings and experiences. To me, romance can be a bit mysterious and a mystery can be a bit […]
