Joe and I spent this past weekend cleaning out the garage, going through boxes and boxes of precious memories and also lots of stuff collected through the years. It was both fun (especially when the kids joined us) and exhausting. Then yesterday we took an Expedition-load to Good Will and it felt sooooo good. In our commitment to "lighten up," I came across a box of items I packed shortly after … [Read more...]
Parade of Lights
For our first Christmas in our new community, my husband and I decided to get involved by volunteering to be marshals for the annual Parade of Lights. Our job, we were told during orientation, was to make sure everyone remained behind the orange safety cones that lined the street so no one would get run-over by the parade floats and fire engines or trampled by the marching bands. It was especially … [Read more...]
The Plot Thickens | Denise Hunter
Each Sunday "Inspired by Life...and Fiction" shares a Christian novelist's newest book and the garden spots where they find inspiration. Denise Hunter is the nationally published author of bestsellers Sweetwater Gap and Surrender Bay. She has won The Holt Medallion Award, The Reader's Choice Award, The Foreword Book of the Year Award, and was a RITA finalist. In 1996, inspired … [Read more...]
Why Writers Don’t Write – Sometimes
Before I became an author, I never realized all of the various aspects that went into being an author. I thought I'd write one book send it off and then start on the next. My life would be filled with writing one beautiful, touching story after the next. However, after releasing a novella and my 7th book in December and now having another novella and books 8, 9, and 10 slated to release this … [Read more...]
What Were They Thinking?
Have you ever looked back at pictures taken of you in high school or pictures of your mother when she was high school and thought, What in the world was I (she) thinking???? Yes, I was a child of the 1980's. I sported big bangs, dangling earrings, and stone washed jeans. Thankfully I avoided the legwarmers and cut-off sweatshirts, but it was a near thing. Fashion trends that seem so cool at … [Read more...]
Redux: How I Make Goodreads Work for Me
In my annual year-end post (which includes sharing the word God has given me for the new year), I mentioned how much I enjoy Goodreads and added that I don't use it for social media purposes but for my own pleasure as a reader. Someone asked for more information on how I use Goodreads, and I shared it on my personal blog a couple of weeks ago. But I thought, perhaps, others might find it … [Read more...]
Flawed and Beautiful
I loved the analogy my pastor, Peter Vogt, shared in church this Sunday. He was describing how Michelangelo took a hunk of flawed marble other artists had rejected, and claimed it for himself. Then he dedicated years to chipping away everything that “wasn’t David,” and sculpting the breathtaking masterpiece we see today. But even after the sculptor was finished and paid for his work, he didn’t … [Read more...]
Resolution or Bucket List?
It's January 12, and if you're like me, you've already broken 87.4 percent of your New Year's resolutions. But what about your bucket list? The thing I love about bucket lists is that you have a lifetime to achieve the items on that list. And while, in the back of our minds, we might realize that some of the things on our list are unattainable, still just having them on our list means fun times of … [Read more...]
The Plot Thickens | Angela Hunt
Each Sunday "Inspired by Life...and Fiction" shares a Christian novelist's newest book and the garden spots where they find inspiration. Angela Hunt is the best-selling author of The Tale of Three Trees, and The Note (a Hallmark Hall of Fame film), with over three million copies of her books sold worldwide. Eight of her novels have won Excellence in Media's Angel Awards. Angie has also won … [Read more...]
Reading Challenge for 2015
Let's talk reading goals! I admit that I'm a bit of a slacker when it comes to New Year's goals. I don't choose a word for the year, though I think the idea of doing so is lovely. And I don't make any resolutions. If I did they'd probably be along the lines of, 'Don't wear yoga clothes four days a week.' 'Spend less time procrastinating writing and more time actually writing.' <But … [Read more...]
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