By the time you read this, I’ll be close to submitting the final edits of my final book in the Guideposts series Secrets from Grandma’s Attic. As I’m wrapping up this chapter (ha!) of my writing career, I’ve been looking back …
April Reads
What in the world? A ridiculous number of books read this month. Of course it was also a month of travel, houseguests, and lots of large groups of people—all of which send me reading into the late hours of the night to …
Details from the Past
I know this makes me sound like an old lady, but lately I’ve been realizing how many things have fundamentally changed over my 50-odd years on this earth. Although I truly think my interest is not nostalgia but …
Savannah
When we first visited Savannah to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary, back in 2012, we had no idea that life would bring us back to the city on a regular basis through Jeff’s work. Which has been awesome. I love visiting …
My First Audiobook Experience
My husband joined the audiobook bandwagon about six months ago—when he started getting a free audiobook a month with a periodical subscription. He decided he likes them so much that he signed up for Audible. I’ve long …
March Reads
March has been a month! Between travel, my book deadline fast approaching, and an unexpected procedure on both of my big toes, I thought I’d have fewer books than usual to share with you. But as tends to happen in my life …
Books I’ve Pre-Ordered
I don’t pre-order a ton of books—partly because I have so many sitting around still to be read and partly because it’s hard to log that money as spent until it is, and then it can catch me short on my book …
Monarch of the Glen
Do you love Scotland? And BBC programs? Every since we returned from Scotland last summer we’ve been slowly making our way back through one of our favorite shows—Monarch of the Glen. We had to go old school to get …
Matthew 7
I don’t know about you, but as I read through the Bible I sometimes go on autopilot—by that I mean that I read familiar passages without noticing the things around them. But then there will be that moment that the light bulb …
Uncurated Research
Last week, I got to experience something I haven’t before—I got to sift through a pile of uncurated documents and photos. ‘Uncurated?” Some of you might be asking. “What does that even …