A monstrous handful of snail I was hiking a mountain trail last week when something stopped me in my tracks. It was a sight I truly didn’t expect to see. There, at more than 4,000 feet above sea level, a snail was painstakingly making its way across the gravel road (thankfully it was only a ...
Worthless Versus Priceless
I mop the sweat from my forehead with the already soggy sweatband on my wrist. Summer tennis has it’s downs. But it has its ups too – like fresh air, sunshine, much needed exercise, and that dear little buttercup over there by the net post one court over. Yep, growing in the middle of a ...
Walking in the Rain
Walking in the rain. Running in the rain. Crying in the rain. Sounds romantic, right? Ha. I’m sitting here dripping all over my computer chair in the aftermath of doing those very things and I can tell you it wasn’t fun at all. Yeah, I saw the clouds when I started out on my morning ...
Radical Makeover
My new book covers! So what do you think? Woo Hoo! Soooo exciting! These are the new covers for my two historical novels, The Distant Shore and Billowing Sails. My publisher felt it was time for an update and I think they give Emma-Lee, the main character of both books, a fresh new look. I ...
Becoming a Godly Goader
The first goaders The memory makes me smile now, but at the time I wanted to screech like a riled bobcat. When I was nine, my sister was two years older and light years girlier. She wore wrap-around skirts, red hair bows and shiny pink nail polish. I lived and breathed barefoot, wore ratty cut ...
No Short Cuts
A happy little cantaloupe before its journey I think it’s human nature to try to find a faster, easier way to do things, don’t you? Progress. Efficiency. Increased production. But some things simply defy short cuts. Take cantaloupes for example. I love a ripe, juicy melon as much as the next Floridian, maybe even more. ...
One of Those Weenie Days
Ever have one of those days when everything possible went wrong? Sure you have. We all have. It’s how we respond that separates the weenies from the warriors. Take my friend Lana for example. Her story will make your eyebrows stand at attention. Lana’s daybreak flight from Denver to Philly was late. By the time ...
Don’t Miss the Music
Where I go to hear the music My frantic life has screeched to a halt this past week. It began with a hurried, worried, late night drive to the ER with Spouse in severe abdominal pain and ended … Well, it hasn’t ended yet. But it hasn’t been all bad. During countless tests, then surgery, ...
Contest Winners!!!
Woohoo! A BIG hug to everyone who entered; thank you for sharing your favorite promises from Papa God with me – I was truly blessed. I wish I could send each and every one of you a book. But since I can’t … I’m hereby announcing the drawing winners of a free copy of my ...
The Night That The Lights Went Out in Barcelona
View of Barcelona from the top of the arena It was the first night of our Mediterranean cruise. Well, actually the cruise wouldn’t start until the following day; we’d arrived in Barcelona a day early with our friends Bob and Sandi, who were, like us, celebrating their 35th wedding anniversary. (We’ve been friends since college ...