Another big reading month—and this one has it all! Let’s start with my audiobook this month—a classic! The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien This is a re-read for me, but it’s been many years. And I’m …
Visit Maine with me!
It has been nearly two years since we’ve taken an actual vacation—a trip with no other people or work attached to it. We are tired, so as we planned our trip, we decided to go to what has become one of our favorite places to …
An Ordinary Life?
I think many of us, in our heart of hearts, long to live an extraordinary life. One that makes a large and visible impact on this world for the kingdom of God. When we are young, this desire is front and center as we …
Redefining “Booktrovert”
With all the “bookish” paraphernalia that has arisen in the past few years, one of the shirts I’ve long wanted to order is: I’ve latched onto the term. I decided it aptly described me as an introvert who reads. But the …
July Reads
Seventeen, y’all. Seventeen books read in July! But I have an explanation. At the end of June, I turned in my manuscript to the editor I hired, and I had a lull in my editing job schedule. Add that to two trips …
Life of Faith
Last year, I felt the Holy Spirit nudge me to reconnect with the larger writing community. Which I did. I not only attended a writers conference, a writers retreat, and a reading retreat, I gathered a few authors to begin …
Teresa Wells
I'm so excited to introduce y'all to my friend Teresa! She lives about ten minutes from me and we meet up on occasion. But the reason I'm excited is because her debut novel released yesterday! Yay! Please give her a warm …
Helping the Hurting
A blank screen. A blinking cursor. It’s not that I have no thoughts, it’s that I have too many. How to sort them? Consider them? It’s not that I have no feelings, it’s that I have too …
My Love of American Colonial and Revolutionary History
I love the Fourth of July. Not becuase of the fireworks or the food. Definitely not for the heat! I love the Fourth of July for the history. I honestly can’t remember when my love affair with …
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June Reads
Hold on to your hats! It was quite a reading month! To be fair, I was close to the end of four different books when I posted last month, which boosted the amount of this month’s finished books. And somehow when I’m …