Beginnings are my nemesis. The beginning of the day. Of a new season of life. The first attempt at a new skill. The first meeting with a new person. The first chapter of a novel. I don’t mean novels I read. I mean the ones I write. Beginnings upend me every single time. When I say this, I don’t mean that I have to revise my … [Read more...]
A Savannah Surprise
In 2012, my husband took me on my first trip to Savannah. It was a place he knew I longed to visit, my imagination captured by the city that plays a crucial role in so many of Eugenia Price’s (my favorite author) books. It was our 25th anniversary. We explored Savannah, which I loved, then spent several wonderful days on St. Simon’s Island, where more of Eugenia Price’s books were set, where she … [Read more...]
March’s Miracles
This is not an April Fool’s Day post. This is a recounting of some of the miracles God did on our behalf in March. As you know, my father, who is 88, underwent a quad bypass and a valve replacement on March 16. He also ended up having a pacemaker put in on March 18. It was rough. On Friday, after the initial surgery on Monday, he was out of it, not doing well at all. And they were … [Read more...]
Unexpected Blessing
If you are on my newsletter list or follow me on social media, you might remember that my eighty-eight-year-old, very active dad was supposed to have bypass surgery last Friday, and that at nearly the last minute, it got rescheduled for Monday. (BTW, the surgery went great, and he is already progressing very well.) Anyway, my sister had come back from Budapest (where she lives) to help out with … [Read more...]
Our 2nd Annual Burns Supper
It was already going to be a little less traditional Burns Night this year, given that we were doing it a day early—January 24—so that it would be a Saturday night and not a Sunday night festivity. We had the Scottish food—haggis, neeps and tatties, shortbread—ordered from a Scottish bakery in Michigan, all frozen and ready to heat. We were in the process of figuring out how much other food to … [Read more...]
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