Pepe was a feisty kitten. We’d had him barely three days. We’d just taken him and his brother, an orange tabby, to the vet. Our vet laughed and commented on their feistiness, smiled through the whole … [Read more...]

I just returned from Brigadoon. Remember the play? It’s about a magical village that appears for one day every year and has remained unchanged for two centuries. Deer Valley YMCA Family Camp is my … [Read more...]

I’m a book lover. I come from a family of book lovers. I married into a family of book lovers, and I’ve helped create four more.We have books all over our house. Full shelves groan, piles grow beside … [Read more...]

I've never exactly understood the idea of claiming a life verse.  Choose one verse from the entire Bible? One verse out of over 31,000 is supposed to represent every facet of my character, … [Read more...]

It's fun to try different kinds of writing styles. Today I'll share two examples of my attempts at writing Haiku. Remember that Haiku is a Japanese free verse form having three unrhymed lines of five, … [Read more...]

I’ve been studying Ephesians for a few weeks. It’s one of my favorite books in the Bible. Look at some of the phrases—Glorious grace, glorious inheritance, incomparably great power, incomparable … [Read more...]

I love the brown bread that's served at almost every pub and restaurant in Ireland. It's dense and coarse and full of whole grain flavor. I've tried several different recipes to recreate the taste but … [Read more...]

I’ve been reading a wonderful year-long devotional, but the editors left out a devotion for February 29. Today is Leap Day, so I didn’t have a devotion to read. I decided to grab my copy of Sarah … [Read more...]

My husband didn’t want to see The Descendants last weekend. “I’ve heard it’s depressing,” he said.  The topic, a family’s preparation for a mother/wife’s death isn’t a happy story, for sure, but the … [Read more...]