Hydrangeas in October? Yes, please, especially if they're this spectacular blue! The color orange, however, has never been a favorite, but I accept it in autumn. Other times, I do my best to avoid it … [Read more...]
My Little Free Library
I asked for a Little Free Library for Christmas, 2017, and my brother made me one. (I just forgot to write a post about it.) It's planted at the end of our driveway and now is filled with all kinds of … [Read more...]
Libraries and Budgets Plus a Compliment
Last time I wrote about my struggle to convince the Town Board to fund our public library’s total operations budget. Here’s the good news right in the first paragraph: the Board voted to fund it. A … [Read more...]
Are Libraries Still Relevant? Yes!
For the past six years, I've been trying to convince my town board to fund our public library's total operations budget: $11,900. When I started asking, the board gave us $4,000. Last year, the board … [Read more...]
Winter Epiphany
God has been teaching me so much through this writing journey He’s invited me on. He gave me this interesting epiphany last Saturday. I’d finished reading The Hiding Place, a tremendous book that … [Read more...]
Authors’ Event
The Northern Tier Regional Library has asked me to participate in an authors' panel on October 15th. I'm so excited because I used to help plan these events there. Now I'm one of the featured authors. … [Read more...]
Tribute to Teachers
I come from a long line of teachers--some professionals and some who simply know how to teach, and I'm happy that one of the characters in Irish Encounter is Miss Myrtle. She’s a fun-loving, retired … [Read more...]
Favorite Books #2
A few posts ago I wrote about my top ten favorite books. Today I'll share more favorites in two different categories. I chose to categorize because too many books exist to choose only a few. … [Read more...]
The Bible and Ten Favorite Classics
A friend at a dinner party once suggested a game—if we were marooned on a desert island, which book would we want with us and why. Then she looked directly at me and said, “And don't choose the Bible, … [Read more...]
Storing Treasures
I’ve been studying Matthew 6 this week. Jesus speaks about the Christian’s focus by teaching about the two different kinds of treasure: earthly and heavenly. He reminds us not to treasure earthly … [Read more...]
