The summer after my junior year in high school, my parents let me take a trip by myself to California ON A BUS. Trailways, to be exact. I left from a tiny town in the TX Panhandle (the nearest bus stop). Destination: Barstow, CA, where Aunt Pat and Uncle Dall would pick me up for a month-long visit. I can …
Oh, the places you will go . . .
I’ve not been to Machu Picchu, Peru nor the Galapagos Islands, but my book has! A dear friend and her husband take an exotic trip every summer around the time that my books release, so being the dear friend that she is, Linda tucks my newest title (The Hatmaker’s Heart this year) in her luggage and takes it on adventures …
A Walk in the Park
New York! New York! My heart is stolen. You were all that you promised and more. Bright lights. The murmur of a hundred languages. Boots. Everyone wears boots in New York. Sturdy, sensible boots with low heels for walking and walking and walking. Canyons of concrete and glass. Tiny patches of green with wrought iron garden benches tucked between buildings. …
Take time to look . . .
Georgia O’Keeffe. This quote is on a plaque outside Santa Fe’s Georgia O’Keeffe research center which I didn’t see because I didn’t take time to look. I did snap this gorgeous picture of the garden outside and then skipped on by, waiting on the corner wondering what was taking my sisters so long. They took time to look, to absorb …
One part adventure. One part love story.
A couple of years ago, I started reading a blog that was recommended to me called Wandering, Wondering, Writing written by a gal who’d just moved with her husband to Laos for his humanitarian work there. If you think you can’t find adventure in a blog, you would be wrong. The blog was chock-ful of humor and exciting adventures that …
>The Joy of Research
>Last week, Max and I loaded up the SUV and took off for a long weekend of R & R – Recreation and Research! Destination: East Texas. Since our 38th wedding anniversary was just around the corner and I had decided to set my next book in this area of Texas, we headed south. I inhaled the Texas air when …
>JINGLE BELLS . . . Tuba Style
> Drake (my first born grandson) is one of two tuba players in his school’s Sixth Grade Beginner Band, and the FIRST tuba player in our family. He goes to a small school (although not that small compared to their neighboring rural towns) so the Christmas concert is a combined effort of beginners, junior high, high school, and the jazz …
>WHAT I’VE DONE . . . SO FAR Meme
>This meme comes originally from Angela Hunt. I snagged it from Robin Lee Hatcher. Directions: Put an asterisk next to the things you have done in your life, and then feel free to pass it on in your blog! Also feel free to add a couple at the end, if you like. *1. Started your own blog *2. Slept under …
>Taking a Short Vacation
>I’m spending a few days in Denver with my sis—some much needed time together for both of us. Thought you’d enjoy a few pics of the local sites.
>A Matter of Perception
>We’re back from a long weekend of visiting family and attending a fun and scrumptious barbecue reception for one of our youngest son’s classmates. Another purpose of the trip was to tackle the “stuff” in the basement of my mother-in-law’s farm home. She recently moved to be near her daughter, and several lifetimes of things were left behind. To keep …
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