The other day, I recieved the Rockin’ Girl Blogger from a friend… Frankly, I tried to back my way into who it was, but I should have written this post then. Sigh. It’s always fun to know someone — in this case a really elusive someone — thinks my blog is nice. So I’m passing the award on to some …
Review: The Oak Leaves
The Oak Leaves is a gripping story of two women, separated by 150 years but joined by a family tree. Maureen Lang artfully weaves between the two stories in a way that kept me flipping pages because I couldn’t wait to get to the next chapter in each woman’s life. Talie Ingram has it all: a successful husband, a 12 …
Healing
This blog post has run through my mind for days, so I’m going to stop and write it. Deep breath. This is another one of those gut-level honest posts. I’ve experienced a little grief in my life when one set of grandparents died and when a uncle died. We also lost our dog (and first child in many senses) very …
Finished Another Book!
Late Friday night/early Saturday morning, I finished the first draft of Sandhill Dreams! Woohoo! Let me tell you, it is a great feeling to type in the last word and then the final period. I have lived with this story for about five weeks. About six of every seven nights I would sit down to write. The characters felt like …
Soundtracks for My Books
My editor JoAnne Simmons in a recent post on the Barbour Editors blog, Edit Cafe, talked about music and asked about the songs that would form a soundtrack to our books. (BTW, if you haven’t checked out their blog, you should!) For Sandhill Dreams, I bought a CD called Songs that Got Us Through WWII on Amazon. It’s filled with …
Puppy Dog Tales
The other night my husband started teaching our puppy to use the treadmill. She’s not sold on the idea, but more curious than I would have thought. She walked on it while he held her there for about a minute. Then she circled it a couple times slipping onto the front edge of it. Tonight she started pawing at the …
We’re Headed to the Sun
My kids are precocious. I’m not the only one who says that. Most people who spend anytime with them will use that word or a similar one to describe them. They are best friends. I love that. I know a time will come when they aren’t so willing to play with each other, but at 6 and 3 they really …
Over Her Head
Over Her Head is a book that haunted me as I read it. Something about the conflict and the characters grabbed a hold of me and wouldn’t let me stop thinking about them in between reading it. Laurie Hale as the perfect life – and the perfect family. Her husband has a great job, she’s active in leadership at her …
I got the Funniest Thing the Other Day
First, Happy Fourth of July. I hope you take a bit of time today to thank God for this country and the fact that you live here. I am constantly humbled to think of everything we have and the freedoms we often take for granted. ———— I love mail. To the point that I usually have one eye peeled toward …
Mary DeMuth on Point of View Thursday
My friend Mary DeMuth will be on Point of View with Kerby Anderson and Carmen Pate on Thursday. The time is from 1-3 p.m. Mary will be discussing her new book Authentic Parenting in a Postmodern Culture. I am looking forward to reading this book, and thought you might be interested in catching the broadcast.