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Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall

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After a particularly stressful time, we were able to go away together for several days. My husband loves history and I love the ocean, so we chose the East Coast states of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine. We soaked in lots of pilgrim history (Plymouth) and sunshine (Cape Cod) and visited with old friends near Boston. Then we drove north to New Hampshire and Maine, where we traded … [Read more...]

A New Window on My World (Literally!)

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“A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.” –Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own It’s a good thing I hadn’t read the above quote by Virginia Woolf before I wrote my first ten novels. Because I did not have a room of my own (or much money) back then. It wasn't until our kids started leaving for college that I finally got a dedicated office. Even though … [Read more...]

Summertime…

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… is made better with loved ones making memories. Almost a year ago, my youngest daughter (Jenn) took a job with the National Forest Service in California (a step to help take her where she wants to be in her career). It meant leaving her hubby and kids in Texas (all but one of the kids are adults and the youngest is a senior in high school). She got herself a camp trailer to live in, and she … [Read more...]

Cover Reveal

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My Texas Ever After series has been officially launched, and I've been so pleased by the reception Fairest of Heart has been receiving! Readers are loving the Snow White retelling with Titus and Penelope, but one of the biggest selling points of this book has been it's fabulous cover. The art department at Bethany House really outdid themselves by capturing the 19th century western setting … [Read more...]

Back to Boston

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We’ve been to Boston many time, but it is fitting that we were in Boston this week as we celebrated our country’s birthday. After all, it was the scene of so many events of the revolutionary era—and home to so many of the main players.  But this trip was a bit different. It was the inaugural education tour trip offered by the organization my husband works for. So we got a bit of fun—doing … [Read more...]

Independence Day!

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I love the Fourth of July because I am privileged and honored to be an American. We are not a perfect country, but for generations we have been the country to whom the world looks for an example of freedom. When I was eighteen, I spent a year traveling with a singing group called "The Re'Generation." We traveled throughout the United States doing unabashedly God-and-country programs at civic … [Read more...]

Subtitles, anyone?

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Do you watch TV with the subtitles (closed captions) on? I recently read an article in THE ATLANTIC that was very interesting! My hubby and I watch TV with subtitles when they're available. It started with foreign films, of course, because if you don't speak Korean, you're not going to understand the language being spoken in a Korean movie. Then we used it when we watched streaming movies from … [Read more...]

Unlazy Summer Days 

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Hi friends and Happy Wednesday!   I hope you’re having a good week and a good start to your summer. Like me, you have  probably heard of the “lazy days of summer.” I love the saying, but I don’t think most summers are lazy. At least not around here now, and in retrospect, not when I was a kid either. As kids, how many of you spent your summer with your friends running through the … [Read more...]

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