You may recall this past winter I mentioned we had a plumbing problem. I’m happy to report a second miracle in connection that rather expensive inconvenience. The first was that it allowed us the opportunity to save a salamander (click here to read about that). This second miracle has to do with my hosta plants. […]
Archives for May 2011
New NON-fiction Wednesday – for writers!
Welcome to the mid-week! As prolific as so many of my friends are, I don’t have a new book to share with you this week. But I was contacted by a blog reader, Larry Dignan, who pointed me to an article he’d recently composed in which he compiled a list of 50 books for writers. […]
When "Shirley" Enters Your Life
For the past few years my husband and I have marveled—in horror—at how quickly our youth seems to be deserting us. We thought things started to go downhill after age 35, but how naïve we were! Aging after 50 is like the downside of a roller coaster compared to the more leisurely downward trend we […]
New Fiction Wednesday!
This week I’m pleased to have my friend Rachel Hauck visiting! Here’s the latest about Rachel’s newest book. Dining with Joy by Rachel Hauck Thanks for having me today! I’m no genius in the kitchen, but my heroine, Joy Ballard, finds herself doing a job she can’t do for all the right reasons. She’s a […]
Arguments and Reason
Have you ever had an argument you knew you couldn’t win? I’m not talking about defending yourself against an unprovoked attack, or (like one of my current characters) defending yourself even if you know you’re guilty. I’m talking about a real, honest-to-goodness debate where you’ve laid out your side with logic, clarity and evidence—only […]
And the Pearl Girl Winner is…
Thank you all so much for following along with the Pearl Girls™ Mother of Pearl Mother’s Day blog series. I pray you laughed, cried and were touched by the translucent stories of real life written by new moms, stepmoms, grandmas, adoptive moms, and moms without moms. Iridescent reality. And how poignant that the translucent nacre […]
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