[This giveaway has ended. Thank you for all the wonderful comments. I just drew a winner for the five-book Chicory Inn series and it is...drumroll, please... MARY TULLILA.] No, the Chicory Inn isn't a real place, but after writing five novels set in the charming bed and breakfast run by the Whitman family (alas, they aren't real either), the setting in fictional Langhorne, Missouri feels very, … [Read more...]
London and Paris!
My husband and I married in 1993. Which means that, this summer, we're celebrating our 25th anniversary! How can this be? I married when I was 21. Still, I'm too young for this! 25. Years. The occasion seemed to demand something grand, something memorable. I lived in Germany from the age of 9-13 and traveled through Europe with my parents and sisters extensively during that time. But I … [Read more...]
From Cartagena and Bogota with love
Joe and I recently accompanied a Belmont University alumni group on a cultural trip to Colombia. We visited Bogota and Cartagena, which were really interesting places. To be sure, the Colombian culture is very different from the United States. It truly felt another world away. Here are some glimpses. . . San Felipe be Barajas Castle in Cartagena View of the city of Cartagena from San … [Read more...]
On Stage
While we were in California visiting our son Benjamin in April, my husband and I asked him to get tickets to watch a TV show being filmed. He was able to get seats at Universal Studios to watch the taping of two episodes of “Family Feud” with host Steve Harvey. We sat in the second row, front and center, and had a ball! The young man doing the warm-up act got the audience all fired up with his … [Read more...]
Want to go to England next year?
As I write this, our second group-tour of England is one year away (Lord willing, as I always feel compelled to say when planning anything so far out). We had such a great time with our first group, that we've decided to offer another trip next summer. And since our own Becky Wade was just in England, the timing seemed right to post this. The trip dates are June 11-20, 2019. How much fun … [Read more...]
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