It all started nine months ago . . . Well, eight, to be technical. We got a package in the mail from one of our married couples, then video-called them while we opened it (per the instructions) and discovered our first grandchild would arrive in April of the following year! April seemed so very, very far away. By the beginning of last month, we were all anxious, every twinge and drop … [Read more...]
My Holy Week Focus: Sifting
Every Christmas and Easter I look for a small moment of focus within the familiar stories. It helps me enter more fully into the holiness of these celebrations of Jesus in both his God-ness and his humanness. This year, I was reading a plan on the Bible app when Luke 22:31-33 grabbed me in a new way: Jesus says, “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded permission to sift you like wheat; … [Read more...]
The Austin Central Library
Libraries held a significant place in my younger years. First was the library at my elementary school, with a librarian who recommended books that nurtured my reading and sparked my love of story. Then was the branch public library near my suburban home, where we would venture every week of summer, browse for a good hour before bringing home a stack of books checked out on my own library card. … [Read more...]
A Hodgepodge
Life has been a little crazy since my last post. We have been on the road a good bit, mostly business for my husband with me tagging along. But I’ve been busy working as well in the pockets of time I have free. Working and reading, actually. But lest I give the impression our life is all work lately, I thought I’d share a hodgepodge of other things we’ve been doing lately. A couple of … [Read more...]
A Must See Film for History Nerds
You know I am an all-out history nerd. So when I heard about the movie They Shall Not Grow Old, I knew I had to see it. Not only is it a documentary about World War I, the time period during which my full-length novels are set, but it was put together solely with actual footage from WWI and narration by WWI vets recorded up to sixty years ago! How cool is that? Add in a stellar director—Peter … [Read more...]
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