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My Thoughts on Finishing Another First Draft
This past week, I finished the first draft of my current work-in-progress. I began this
May 20, 2026
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This past week, I finished the first draft of my current work-in-progress. I began this
One of the presents I gave my three-year-old granddaughter for her sister’s birthday earlier this
As I’ve written before, when my daughter was born I thought she was the “icing
One of the earliest books that I remember my mother reading to me was The
I am starting the New Year with a new resolve to finish my novel. I
Twice in one day last week, I encountered references to people’s reduced ability to focus
I wrote recently (see here and here) about sorting my old photographs and taking them
This year one of the many things I am grateful for is the readers of
Both my dad and my mother’s father took lots of pictures over the years. As
When I was cleaning out my parents’ house last spring, I found an old doll.
My father recently made a huge road trip through the Western United States. One of
The third haunting book I’ve read in recent months is Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand. Unbroken
M.K. Tod offered me another opportunity last week to have a guest post on her
My husband’s maternal grandmother put tags and notes on many of her possessions, stating who
I started a monthly newsletter a year ago, sending out my first email on June
I wrote last December of a muddled Christmas story about Super-Jesus that was told in
Maybe this is one of those “when I was young, we had it tough” stories.
I’m writing another book about the emigrants to Oregon in 1847 who traveled in the
I’ve been through a first round of sorting most of my old photographs now, and
As I’ve delved deeper into closets and drawers and boxes, I’ve found all sorts of
I mentioned in an earlier post that the employee cafeteria at Hallmark Cards where I