Inspiration for The Color of Light
With one week left until The Color of Light appears on bookstore shelves, I’ve been busy. Not only am I hard at work on When We Were Sisters, but this week I completed a guest blog and an interview about the novel. Yesterday I asked to rewrite the back cover copy for Sisters, and I…
Read MoreSunday Inspiration: The 9 Nanas
Want a true life Goddesses Anonymous story? Very, very anonymous? From MarloThomas.com. Thirty years ago nine women decided to do their own laundry and use the money they saved from sending it out to help people in need. They paid utility bills for those who couldn’t afford it, they dropped off food for people who…
Read MoreIntroducing The Color of Light
What a busy week. Family arrived for the Fourth of July, and some of them stayed the whole week, including three year old Liam. We cooked and cleaned, went to concerts and splashed in the lake, drew pictures on the sidewalk and read books out loud that I’d saved from my own children’s childhood. Magical.…
Read MoreSunday Inspiration: “Don’t Postpone Joy!”
I see this quote etched in stone in front of a beautiful cottage at least once a day as I walk down the red brick path to the amphitheater for a program or to Bestor Plaza where I can find the library, post office, shops, and dining here at Chautauqua. Only a block from our…
Read MoreSame Time Next Week
We’ve had a wonderful time with family over the holiday, and some are still with us for the rest of the week. So no blog today. Grandchildren time instead. Hope you have family time scheduled over the summer, too, and if you’re reading this from the U.S., hope your Fourth of July was a good one. I’ll see…
Read MoreSunday Inspiration: Cranky Old Man
When an old man died in the geriatric ward of a nursing home in an Australian country town, it was believed that he had nothing left of any value. Later, when the nurses were going through his meager possessions, They found this poem. Its quality and content so impressed the staff that copies were made…
Read MoreDo You Have a Technology Addiction?
I spend the summer at Chautauqua Institution. The official website describes Chautauqua this way: Chautauqua is dedicated to the exploration of the best in human values and the enrichment of life through a program that explores the important religious, social and political issues of our times. Check this link for a more comprehensive background. Quite a mission, huh?…
Read MoreSunday Inspiration: Love Finds Us
We can look for love all over this world of ours, but more often than not love finds us when and where we least expect it. Perhaps that’s one of the reasons that yesterday, the Supreme Court affirmed marriage for everyone. I give thanks for love wherever and whenever it blooms and to everyone who is swept away by its glorious, transforming…
Read MoreThe Writing Process 2015: The Dreaded Sagging Middle
These posts are a chance to share my journey through my latest novel, When We Were Sisters, starting at ground zero. Today let’s talk about the dreaded sagging middle. Just so you know? I have nothing valuable to say about diets, aging or new exercises to tighten your abs. But since I’m in the middle…
Read MoreSunday Inspiration: Happy Father’s Day!
To all the dads out there, as well as the moms who had a lot to do with making them dads, Happy Fathers Day! The Dove folks did it again with this touching video of women telling their dads-to-be that they are pregnant. Have your tissues handy, and be sure to share this with your “dad.”…
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