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Be Prepared

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There’s no escaping the news, the fear, the warnings. The Coronavirus is coming! Beware! Be ready! I understand that I should be worried—after all, I’m over sixty and that puts me at a greater risk of dying if I do contract the virus. But strangely, I’m not worried. While I would like to live another dozen years and watch my grandchildren grow up, my philosophy is the same as my heroines’ … [Read more...]

Tea Time is the Best Time

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One of my favorite days of the year is visiting one of my favorite book clubs: Tantalizing Ladies Tea--A Christian Book Coterie. This is the group of women I fictionalized as the "Ladies Tea and Knitting Society" in my Tales From Ivy Hill series. They invited me to join them again last Friday, and again, it was such a blessing to be included! Best of all, we had a surprise visit from one of … [Read more...]

♫♪ On the Road Again… ♪♫

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It seems like just yesterday I was telling you all about our 50-day road trip in our Winnebago Travato camper van (that we named Meriwether). But the calendar says we've been home now for three and a half months, so I guess it's time to get on the road again! These were our routes going and coming last time. We're headed west again, but will be taking quite a different route this time. When … [Read more...]

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