When the Nest Is Empty, What Will Come To Fill It?
Writing today on the subject "FILL" along with other bloggers posting at Five Minute Friday. Join me here to see what others are saying in their five minutes of writing. I dipped my hand into the clothespin bag, searching for a couple of pins to secure the freshly washed sheets. Instead I pulled out twigs and feathers. A nest. A mother bird...
Two Stops on the Blog Tour and a gift ‘to those who see…..’
Before I share my reflections, I want to direct you to the blogs of two special women. They willingly joined the World Blog Tour today at my request. I know you'll enjoy meeting them as they give you a glimpse into their lives. Please hop on over to meet Connie at her blog, My Days Well-Lived. In addition to her World Blog Tour post, spend a...
I’ve Got My Bags Packed for a Blog Tour
I stole a day out of last week to focus on this craft of writing. Along with several hundred scribes, I turned from other responsibilities to consider the very questions I'm answering here today: what do I write and why? The workshop I attended zeroed in on the art of novel writing and my head was filled with great encouragement, instruction...
Still, “So Many Books, So Little Time”
There are books we read for pleasure. Others we scan for facts, information. Some books are meant to be read slowly, to be absorbed in bits and pieces, pondered and then read again. Selah And still others carry us along on adventures, affording the opportunity to live vicariously through the author's chronicled life. In this latter half of my...
Graceful or Gullible? and A Summer with “So Many Books”
"I'll walk you to the door, Miss." I didn't know whether to thank my AT&T salesman or laugh in his face. So I did a little of both. "I haven't been called 'miss' for about 40 years," I said with a girlish giggle. "But thank you." "I wouldn't have known. Honest, I wouldn't!" he called out as I walked to my car. I shook my head and slid in...
An Open Letter to Young Women Who Might Want to Marry My Sons
My oldest son turned 30 today. Yeah, I'm that old (and then some). Reflecting back on this amazing young man's life, and looking forward to what the future holds for him and his lovely bride of 9 years, I got to thinking about the other three -- the younger brothers who are as yet unmarried. Since they were born, I've prayed for the women God...
Release: Let it go, let it go
Joining the community today at Five Minute Friday with a quick take on the word "release". Won't you join me there and read what others have to say? There are no little girls in my life at the moment, so watching the movie "Frozen" was a guilty, grown-up girl indulgence for me. Who'd have though I would find life lessons in animation? That...
Everything Old Will Be New Again
I'm sharing 5 minutes of non-stop, unedited reflection today along with other writers at Five Minute Friday. Today's prompt: Messenger When it's 1:30 a.m. and you can't sleep and you've just finished a very satisfying novel (and you're not ready to jump into a new one), what do you do? You write. At least I do. It's not like I have anything...
When You’re Ready to Quit
It was kind of silly. That moment when I dropped my hoe, turned my back on the garden and declared I was done. After 25-plus years of gardening, I'd had enough. "I don't want to have a garden this year." My husband chuckled as I confronted him with the news. "I just don't want to do this any more." Those nine beautiful tomato plants I'd...
Tell Me a Story: Sharing Our Lives in Words, Music and Pictures
Don't you just love a good story? I know I do. The stack of books (fiction and otherwise) by my favorite chair, on the desk, at my bedside, lining my bookshelves and residing in my Kindle attest to my love of story. Want me to remember something? Narrate it, wrap a story around it and I'll hang onto it for weeks -- or at least for a few days....