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Teresa Wells

In: History, Reading on: July 17, 2025

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 …

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Helping the Hurting

In: Faith on: July 10, 2025

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 …

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My Love of American Colonial and Revolutionary History

In: History on: July 3, 2025

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

In: Reading on: June 27, 2025

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 …

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Guest Post: Grace Hitchcock

In: Reading, Writing on: June 19, 2025

Hey, y'all! I hope you enjoy this post by my friend Grace Hitchcock. Check out her books linked in her bio at the bottom of this post. She's a delightful person and writer. Enjoy! The Listening Habit that Transformed My …

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Three reasons to re-read

In: Reading on: June 11, 2025

Before the rise of the Internet, and specifically Amazon, I was a huge re-reader. There were two main reasons for this. First was the budget. I could only purchase so many books, even at used bookstores. The second was …

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Literary Mugs

In: Reading on: June 5, 2025

I suspect all writers have various items that are endowed with a literary theme. And since so many of us drink copious amounts of coffee or tea, some of those things are probably mugs. Today I want to share with you my six …

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May Reads

In: Reading on: May 30, 2025

Lots of travel means lots of audiobooks. If you count three as “lots,” which I do! Read several others this month that I’ve owned for a while and kept meaning to get to. Oh, and one re-read!  The Silver Chair and The …

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Graduation Throwback

In: Family, History on: May 22, 2025

This month marks 40 years since I graduated from high school. How is that even possible? So in honor of the occasion, I thought I’d show all the young ones out there what the mid-1980s were really like, at least in Texas! …

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A Peek at the Process

In: Editing, Writing on: May 14, 2025

I’m moving to the next phase of writing my novel—revisions—and thought you might like a peek into my process.  As of now, my first draft is finished. All authors do this differently, but my first draft is simply …

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