Flora Tucker believes that prayer and coffee can fix just about anything. So do I; only, I could leave off the coffee and know that prayer is the answer to any crisis. I’ve read a couple of news stories about Tim Tebow praying for two of his fans, at different times, who had fallen ill […]
Oct 11, 2016
If You Ask Me (Although You Haven’t)
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The trouble with getting older is that, with the years, a person gains some wisdom (if we didn’t, those years would be wasted, wouldn’t they?) but nobody will ask us to share that wisdom! I’d like to gather a group of youngsters around me, people in their thirties and forties, who have yet to reach the admirable […]
Oct 10, 2016
Pensively Speaking
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This time of year sometimes brings on a bout of nostalgia, pensively speaking. One of my favorite poems, October’s Bright Blue Weather by Helen Hunt Jackson, describes the kind of weather we’ve been having lately. O sun and skies and flowers of June, Count all your boasts together, Love loveth best of all the year […]
Oct 3, 2016
The Hidden Things, the Secret Things
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As it turned out, Darcy and Flora’s family had its share of hidden things, the secret things. And, that July in Ventris County, just when they thought the storms had ended, another one appeared on the horizon. Reaching across the table, I squeezed her hand. “Oh, Mom, think of it! Think of the people we’ve always look […]
Sep 17, 2016
Ramblin’ Rose
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Two More Days Until the Launch of Grave Heritage! I am pleased to announce this morning, that I am a guest on Janet K. Brown’s blog site. I hope you’ll drop in for a visit. Thanks, Janet, for the opportunity to guest on your blog. Yesterday was a little of this and a bit of […]
Sep 14, 2016
What a Writer Does When She’s Not Writing
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Yesterday, I finished the final edit of Grave Heritage and sent it to my publisher. Funny thing, toward the last of the book, when Darcy and Flora are running from a killer and a flooded creek is between them and safety, I forgot that I was supposed to be checking for typos. Realizing I was […]
