Author: Deborah Raney

As I mentioned last time I posted, Ken and I are on a five-week-plus trip to some of the National Parks we’ve never seen before (and a few we have)…

I woke up this morning to this lovely view from our campground at Fort Kearney State Recreation Area in Nebraska. Yes, Ken and I are on the road again! God…

[THIS GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED: THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WONDERFUL COMMENTS! I don’t answer individually on drawing days, but I read every one. Special thanks to those who commented on…

For the last few years since we moved to Missouri, my daughters, Tobi and Tavia, have given me the gift of their time with a day of antique-ing and a…

[Today I’m sharing a post that was first published here five years ago. The two lawn chairs of the title are probably nearing 90-100 years old, but they are still…

For the past four weeks, ever since returning from a whirlwind spring with two conferences and a writers retreat, I have had my nose to the grindstone, hunkered down at…

Except for a quick trip back to Kansas last November, I hadn’t been out in our camper van since last spring when we went to St. Simons Island on a…

The author of Ecclesiastes had it right when he said there is nothing new under the sun. That fact came home to me this past week when my daughter alerted…

Our local Friends of the Library book sale was last week, and Ken and I got there early Thursday night since books were super cheap for Friends members—only $1 for…

I spent a fabulous Sunday afternoon at the Fox Theater in St. Louis yesterday for one of the season’s last showings of Phantom of the Opera. This is now officially…