All I Want For Christmas is Glue: Booklover Carols Part Eight
Yes, I know you’ve been waiting on the edge of your seat for this year’s Booklover Carol. No? In fact you’re about to run screaming from the room? I’ll give you a head start. Every year for too long to contemplate I’ve created a new Booklover Carol for my readers to enjoy. We’ve had carols…
Read MoreSunday Inspiration: What We See
Last night I saw another flag at half mast, and my first thought? We might as well just leave it that way. There will be another mass killing soon enough. At what point did cruel, crazy people shooting down innocents begin to seem routine? At what point did our leaders throw up their hands and…
Read MoreThe Color of Light Meets Emeril Lagasse and Martha Stewart
I’ve been busy this week looking for Christmas cookie recipes. No, I’m not baking yet. But I am cooking up something for my newsletter readers, something very special for my December edition. As I did the research for that surprise, I found cookie after cookie recipe I wanted to try. While I was researching, this recipe leapt…
Read MoreSunday Inspiration: 16 Square Feet
So often we — and I certainly include myself here — bemoan how little can be done by one individual to affect the world. But have you ever asked yourself what you can do to affect the 16 feet around you? Recently I ran across an article in our local paper titled “Life philosophy in…
Read MoreThanksgiving: All Is Safely Gathered In
Some of you may have seen my post about WorkFlowy. Some of you may have seen this past week’s beautiful Sunday Inspiration video on Gratitude, found and added by my husband. I am absolutely certain that at no point did you see a connection between them. I didn’t either, not until it occurred to me that it’s…
Read MoreSunday Inspiration: Gratitude
I know that Thanksgiving is still a few days away, but this beautiful, inspiring, incredible video and meditation is a way to prepare yourself for the holiday. I’m looking forward to enjoying family, food, and some foolishness on Thanksgiving Day, but in the chaos sometimes the thankfulness part gets lost. If you watch this video,…
Read MoreThe Writing Process 2015: What Happens After “The End?”
My deadline was November 1. This was a carved-in-stone, don’t-you-dare-be-late, the-heavens-will-collapse deadline. I turned in When We Were Sisters exactly on time. It’s now November 17th and the book seems to be happily napping, all curled up and dreaming about its June debut, somewhere between “written” and “edited.”Am I surprised? Unhappy? Perplexed? Nope. I’m a writer with…
Read MoreSunday Inspiration: Making Love Last
As you may have figured out from reading my books, I’m very interested in relationships, especially relationships that need to be healed. My interest probably comes from having been a family counselor in my past life and being married for many years. Or perhaps I was a family counselor and am long-married because I am interested in…
Read MoreWelcome to the World Declan!
I expected to be back in Florida early this week after visiting my Ohio family, signing at the Buckeye Bookfair and savoring the birth of our newest grandson. The sweater set above was my summer project while I waited for the baby to arrive and I couldn’t wait to give it to his mom and…
Read MoreSunday Inspiration: It’s a Wonderful World
https://youtu.be/ML1GiXqTjuM I guarantee that this video will make your day. Thanks to my husband for today’s post while I’m away enjoying this wonderful world. I receive an inspirational quote every day from Values.com, and I’ve passed some of my favorites on to you. They also make commercials, as well as billboards to pass their hopeful…
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