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Pulling Weeds (The House Guests)
A month ago I recounted my attempts to find Big Lake, which we knew from maps was somewhere in the state park near our Florida home. Despite a hiking map and determination, the first time my husband and I tried to find it, we were unsuccessful. The second time we still weren’t sure we were…
Read MoreSunday Inspiration: What am I looking for?
“If you are looking for verses in the Bible with which to support slavery, you will find them. If you are looking for verses with which to abolish slavery, you will find them. If you are looking for verses with which to oppress women, you will find them. If you are looking for for verses…
Read MoreSunday Inspiration: Happy Mother’s Day
“A mother’s love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity. It dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.” – Agatha Christie
Read MoreSunday Inspiration: Be joyful!
“To be joyful in the universe is a brave and reckless act. The courage for joy springs not from the certainty of human experience, but the surprise. Our astonishment at being loved, our bold willingness to love in return — these wonders promise the possibility of joyfulness, no matter how often and how harshly love…
Read MoreSunday Inspiration: Beware of destination addiction!
Beware of destination addiction, a preoccupation with the idea that happiness is in the next place, the next job, and with the next partner. Until you give up the idea that happiness is somewhere else, it will never be where you are.–Robert Holden It’s so easy to fall prey to “destination addiction,” isn’t it? Especially…
Read MoreSunday Inspiration: The beauty of the earth
“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature— the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.” -Rachel Carson, author and naturalist I offer these inspiring words in honor of…
Read MoreJust For Fun: What Do You Love Most About A Book?
I read a really interesting article in the US version of The Guardian this week. In a nutshell, after a year of isolation at home, many authors are struggling to write–for good reasons. While I did finish The House Guests at the beginning of the pandemic, and just finished my third novella for a new…
Read MoreInauguration Day
I’ve been quiet on Southern Exposure for the past few weeks. I’ll confess that for much of that time, I knew there was nothing I could say that would be half as riveting and certainly not even a millionth as horrifying as the events on the news. If you’re anything like me, you’ve spent many…
Read MoreSunday Inspiration: The New Year
“What the new year brings to you depends to a great deal on what you bring to the new year.” -Vern McLellan, author OK, so 2020 sucked! Big time. Historic. Cosmic. We ranted and raved, cursed and cried, but all we could really do was kick 2020 hard as it crawled out the door. There…
Read MoreSunday Inspiration: True Generosity
“That’s what I consider true generosity: You give your all and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing.” — Simone de Beauvoir, author Did you see this inspiring story about Dolly Parton’s generous gift of one million dollars for Covid research? Dolly is one of my favorite people anyway, because of her…
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