As I watered my plants last night, just before sundown, I had a welcome surprise: my first pink hedge rose is about to open. It is perfect, nestled among the green leaves and it certainly lightened my heart to see it. I thought of the last lines of a poem by Joyce Kilmer, “Poems are […]
Apr 27, 2013
Do Golf Balls Grow on Trees?
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Can you guess what this is? If you guessed a golf ball stuck in a tree with bark growing around it, you’d be right. My brother Tracy Day who, along with my sister-in-law Carlene, live in Branson, sent me this interesting photo. At a glance it looks as if the tree may be the first […]
Apr 25, 2013
I Met a Little Elf Man Once
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Free EBook Giveaway Remember that this is the final day you can download the Kindle edition of Grave Shift free of charge. Yesterday’s giveaway was a huge success. Thanks to all who are downloading. The Elf Man I met a little elf man once, down where the lilies blow. I asked him why he was […]
Apr 24, 2013
A Meandering Mind
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FREE EBOOK ON AMAZON Remember that today and tomorrow you can download Grave Shift for your Kindle free of charge. I think that, instead of “musings”, this blog could aptly be called “meanderings” because my mind is going in four different directions this morning. For one thing, the cold snap did materialize and all I […]
Apr 17, 2013
The Mystery of Manaen
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As I prepared for next week’s women’s Bible study at church, I came across an intriguing name: Manaen. As far as I know, this man is not mentioned anywhere in the Bible except in Acts 13. Scripture says he was brought up with Herod Antipas. Whoa! This man, a believer in Christ, was a childhood […]
Mar 11, 2013
What Makes a Mystery Writer Tick?
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Saturday I attended a Northwest Arkansas Writers’ workshop. It was fun and encouraging. I like mingling with other writers and hearing them voice their concerns and triumphs. No matter how old I get, I always learn something new about a better way to write. One of the presenters asked for a show of hands of […]
