We hope you are enjoying these weekly feature posts from the authors of Inspired by Life…and Fiction. We’re sharing some of our favorite things to help you get to know us a little better—and we’d love to hear your answers to these “favorites” questions in the comments below.
Favorite Beverage (whether hot or cold): Hot, black tea sweetened with honey. I import my tea from a shop my daughter and I discovered in Victoria, BC that has been open since 1894. My favorite blends are their signature 1894 Blend, the Queen Victoria Blend, Publisher’s Blend, and Editor’s Blend. And yes, the names add to the charm. 🙂 I’ve included a photo of the tea table in my office that includes my Jane Eyre teapot and several bookish mugs.
Favorite Color (and why): Purple! My children’s K-12 school colors were purple and gold, then they all went to ACU (my husband and I are both alumni and employees of ACU as well), where the colors are purple and white. So our closets contain lots of purple. I also wore purple to both of my sons’ weddings.
Favorite Thing You Collect: I love collecting Willow Tree figurines. I probably have over 30 different items. I thought I’d share a few that highlight my love of books, tea, and romance.
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We have a number of favorite things in common, Karen. My favorite color is purple and my favorite drink is tea. I am intrigued by your tea table, which displays other things we have in common. I’ve been a cross stitcher from way back – in the early 70’s when my husband was stationed at Camp Lejeune, one of the activities offered by the Officers’ Wives’ Club was Danish Needlework, actually counted cross stitch taught by a woman from Holland. She ordered kits for us from Denmark. When we moved to Virginia Beach in 1975, I went to a Needlework store to try to find kits and fabric, and they had no idea what I was talking about, even after I showed them my work. I continued to order kits through Clara Waever and Eva Rosenstand in Denmark. Then suddenly they had shops in CA and cross stitch took off.
Also, I love your mugs. Is there anyway to order the mugs about your books – Hanger’s Horsemen and Cloaked in Beauty? I collect mugs and have several from two of my favorite authors when I participated in a reread of their rather lengthy series and we offered mugs as prizes as we read each book. Enjoyed this post!
I love your favorites, Karen. One of my dear friends collects the Willow Tree figurines but I’m not sure she has as many as you do!
I love your table and I also love Jane Eyre. Your Willow collection is beautiful. I collect all things Gone With The Wind and Dreamsicles figurines.
Purple is my favorite color too. I wore purple to my granddaughter’s wedding last year. Several of my granddaughter’s favorite color is purple. The one that got married had beautiful shades of purple in her wedding and wanted us grandmothers to wear purple.