At best, I'm an adequate cook. I can follow a recipe proficiently. But I can't improvise and definitely can't create recipes of my own. Also, I only enjoy making things like chocolate chip cookies. Dinner preparation is not bliss for me. Nor is eating what I cook. I rarely eat one of my dinners and think, Yummy! It's usually more like, Well, here's more healthy sustenance. Since I cooked, … [Read more...]
A Gift From the Past
My parents live in California, where I was born and raised. They come to Texas for frequent visits, however, and on one recent visit my dad gave me a savings bond that my Great Grandmother Monninger had given to me when I was little. He'd filed it away for safekeeping alongside other documents and as the years -- then the decades -- slid past had forgotten about it. When he came across it a few … [Read more...]
Comfort to Courage
It's my pleasure to introduce you to today's guest blogger, author Nicole Deese. Nicole and I met at the Dallas/Ft.Worth chapter of American Christian Fiction Writers. She's down-to-earth and funny and smart and great to talk to and I pretty much decided that we were going to be friends whether she liked it or not. She and her family moved from Texas to Idaho last spring, so I don't see her … [Read more...]
Romantic French Customs
France! Home to the 'City of Love'. Famous for its decadent food. Full of charming scenery and historic architecture. Birthplace to a person named Thierry Soufflard who took the time to write (and research?) a guidebook entitled The Best Places to Kiss in Paris. I traveled through France with my family when I was young. Though I'd love to visit many places in Europe, I'd most … [Read more...]
Fitbit Musings
When I was a mom of pre-schoolers I considered myself fairly physically active. I made an effort to get to the gym 3-4 times a week and spent the rest of my waking hours carrying babies and chasing toddlers. A year and a half ago, my baby started Kindergarten. I wasn't a mom who was sniffling over this fact (unlike Celia in my Porter Family novel #2 Meant to Be Mine). I was a mom who was … [Read more...]
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