Black-eyed peas and cornbread with Matt, Dawn, Sara and Nathan yesterday. Sara baked the cornbread. Very good. With such an auspicious start to the year, it is bound to be a humdinger. The weather is beautiful, my older brother who has been ill is feeling better, writing assignments are coming along well. Scripture for the […]
Black-eyed Peas and Cornbread
An Open and Shut Case
To the authors who read my blog: As you write your new book, do you find that you have some chapters you prefer to other chapters? To the readers who read my blog: As you read a cozy mystery, are there chapters that stand out to you? And then, of course, there are favorite parts within each chapter. […]
The Way I See It
A message that is spoken quietly with a smile at the end is more powerful than shouting with a raised fist. Love means I am more interested in your well-being than I am in my own. Even if something is true, if it is hurtful, I will not repeat it. Each state should take care […]
Do Squirrels Have Christmas Trees?
Yesterday, as I looked out of my window on the world, I saw a really interesting sight. A small squirrel, probably one of this year’s crop and rather inexperienced, pulled a stick across the yard. This wasn’t just any stick, it was a big stick. It was at least twice as long as the squirrel and fully an […]
Noah, Part 2
At last, the Ark was finished, food for Noah’s family and the animals was stored in the Ark, and Noah, his wife, his sons Shem, Ham, Japheth and their wives went into the Ark and the Bible says, “and the Lord shut him in” (Genesis 7:16). Then, the rain began. Rain fell for forty days […]
The Sinister, Swarming Pest
Mosquitoes I wonder how they got on board, This swarming, biting, pesky hoarde? Didn’t Noah see them coming Or hear their loud, annoying humming? They survived a world that flooded To torment all who are warm-blooded. –Blanche I don’t think I’ve ever seen mosquitoes as bad as they are this summer. The city sprays but […]