Journey Into the Lives of Women, One Story at a Time.
In two months A Family of Strangers will grace your favorite bookstore.Next week my good friend Kylie Logan/Casey Daniels will tell you a bit about the fun of preparing for her book launch in May. I’m not launching yet, but I thought you might enjoy some of the “behind-the-scenes” action that took place while I was writing my book.
Easter is a special time to celebrate birth and renewal. Wherever you are, whatever your religious convictions, I hope you enjoy a lovely spring day and the promise of joy and beauty in the months ahead.
Notre Dame Cathedral has been through a lot, more than most of us realize.Among other atrocities, Hitler once slated the great cathedral for demolition. Before that it survived clueless remodeling, environmental decay and revolutionary ransacking, too. And, of course, this week the world almost lost it for good.
In all the many articles about the terrifying fire that nearly destroyed the cathedral on Monday, one in the Washington Post caught my eye.
“How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young,
compassionate with the aged,
sympathetic with the striving,
and tolerant of the weak and the strong,
because someday in your life, you will have been all of these.”
–George Washington Carver
This morning as I scooped homemade yogurt into a plastic container to enjoy for the rest of the week, I thought about all the things I do the long way, starting from scratch.Granted, making homemade yogurt in the Instant Pot is as easy as slipping on flip flops. I do it, at least partially, because I can make it with A2 milk, which I find a thousand times easier to digest than regular milk.
“Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more.
If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, never, have enough.”
-Oprah
We spent 13 years in the Washington D.C. area before moving to Florida, and this time of year I miss the resplendent cherry trees that are blooming now, not to mention the dogwoods, redbuds, and azaleas that always light up the spring.
Book ideas, like everything else in life, rarely come together easily.
My youngest son and oldest grandson are visiting on spring break, and I’m having so much fun with them. Nothing beats catching up with family, and spring is SW Florida’s busiest time of year. Yesterday we stood in line for 30″ just to buy ice cream cones at our favorite orange grove.
“You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming.” -Pablo Neruda
Spring has sprung here in Florida — actually a few weeks ago — and I hope that you are least well on your way to the warmth and vitality of this season. Our lanai is filled with pots of cherry tomatoes, salad greens and herbs basking in the sun.
The only writer’s group I belong to these days is Novelists Inc. Each member is a multi-published commercial fiction author. NINC has a fabulous conference every fall, and no matter how well-published we are as individuals, we always have much to learn.
NINC also has a listserv, and recently the following post appeared there.