Who would have known, two distinctly different mysteries in one weekend? And they are connected — sort of! When I offered to read and blog about Kathy Crestsinger’s recently released cozy mystery, Bogged Down by Murder I already knew it takes place in Shady Valley, a small mountain town in East Tennessee. The same weekend, I […]
Roaring Twenties — The phrase brings to mind flappers, fringe and long beads; rising hemlines; jazz; Art Deco; economic prosperity; movies, telephone, automobiles, radios all gaining popularity. In the first year of the 1920s women received the right to vote. The date: August 18, 1920. My grandmother turned 38 years old the next day, and […]
My current work-in-progress (WIP) keeps me looking at all things Victorian. This article, How to Create Modern Victorian Interiors, caught my attention. Just last fall, I had the opportunity to drive by my Great Grandparents’s home in Chicago and click a few photos. The home was built for them in the 1890s, and it’s current […]
We’ve been forbidden human touch. We’ve become afraid of human touch, but we’re also missing it. In these days of COVID-19 lockdowns and social distancing extending far beyond the two weeks to flatten the curve, we’ve had one of our most basic needs stripped from us. Basic needs are usually considered to be water, shelter, […]
If I were to ask what you miss most during these days of stay-at-home orders because of COVID19, I believe most would say it is gathering with family and friends — sharing a meal or a cup of coffee, celebrating a birthday, attending a wedding, hugs. . . It wouldn’t be the trappings dollars can […]
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth […]
Our God is so worthy of our praise in the hard times as well as the good times. Yes, even in this time of uncertainty over COVID19. He is higher than any other! For the LORD is great and is highly praised; He is feared above all gods. ~Psalm 96:4 (HCSB) We’ve compiled a playlist […]
We’re all looking for encouragement in these uncertain and difficult days. Whether it’s COVID-19 or any other challenge you or your family faces, God has loaded His word with many promises. HE is ALL we need — our peace, our protection, our provision, our healer, our joy, our salvation, and way, way more. Please find […]
Do I dare mention it again? COVID-19 is everywhere. When you’ve put in nearly seven decades of life, you’ve seen shifts in direction in many facets of life and culture. Some are better than others. My life having personally touched lives of those born at least as far back as the 1880’s. I’ve heard first […]
Author, Candace West, has the spotlight here today. Reading her debut novel, Lane Steen, I identified deeply with the emotions and experiences of the title character, her life and her family. Our circumstances were different, but the pain manifested in incredibly similar ways. It was a delight to be a very early reader of the […]
