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July 8, 2020 By Dani Pettrey

Writing Cave with Dani Pettrey

Hi friends, Always happy to spend this time with you. I hope you had a wonderful holiday weekend. We had family time early on and then I spent the remainder of the three-day weekend writing. Yep. It’s that time again. My eleventh novel, The Crushing Depths, released on June 30th and my deadline for book 3 is in two weeks. This equates to crazy time. Literally. Trying to juggle the two is an art … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family, Writing Tagged With: Dani Pettrey, Family, Writing Life

When something old is made new again . . .

July 7, 2020 By Tamera Alexander

A month ago I shared pictures of some older pieces of furniture that I wanted to paint. Well, I managed to get one of those pieces finished and want to share the results. But why on earth I chose a massive king-size bed as my first chalk painting project, I'll never know. LOL. Ah well, live and learn. Here's the king bed in the guest bedroom before I painted it. . . I inherited this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry, Family, House and home Tagged With: Chalk Painting, Colors of Truth, God Steps, Jolie Paint, Tamera Alexander

Celebrating Independence Day

July 6, 2020 By Lynn Austin

What I’ve missed the most during this virus quarantine, is being with family and friends—especially for holiday celebrations. We could invite some fearless souls for a get-together this Fourth of July and wear masks, use hand-sanitizer, and stand six feet apart. We could still have a picnic and play horseshoes on the lawn. Unfortunately, the fireworks that we usually watch from our beach on Lake … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry, Family

Our Anniversary Experience

July 1, 2020 By D'Ann Mateer

We’ve been a little lax about celebrating our wedding anniversary over the past few years. It started with our 30th rolling around just weeks before our son married—our first child to do so. The next year passed on repeat, this time his brother meeting his bride at the altar. Last year, we were more engaged in traveling to see our new grand baby than celebrating our anniversary. And then this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family

Shelter-In-Place Activities & Giveaway

June 11, 2020 By Cara Putman

We are nearing the end of stringent sheltering in place in Indiana...it's been a slow move...very intentional and methodical. While I still have no idea what the new normal will be, I thought I'd share a few of the ways we've been spending the time since the middle of March. Because we've spent three summers in Europe as a family for various lengths of study abroad, the idea of it just being our … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family Tagged With: cara putman, giveaway, hobbies

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