Jeff and I both lamented the end of our college years. We wished we could stay there forever. Not for the parties or the football games or the lack of real responsibility. No, we wanted to stick around and take more classes. …
Favorite Romance Heroes This Year (so far!)
I’ve read romance my whole life—along with a lot of other things. But even in my romance reading, I’ve never been the type to have “book boyfriends”. I enjoy the romance as a whole, and I very often feel a connection with the …
The Temporal vs. the Eternal
We often take it for granted that the structures we build on this earth will stand. But as we’ve learned with our house in recent months, that isn’t always the case. So it hit me a little bit harder when I heard the …
Boston Bookstore Fun
As you know, we love going to bookstores when we travel. On our last trip to Boston of the 4th of July, we went to one old favorite—Brattle Books—and one fun new one: Commonwealth Books. Perhaps like you, I judge a …
July Reads
I know I’m posting this a few days before the end of the month, but since I find myself currently reading five—yes, FIVE—books (and editing another), I know nothing else will get finished in the next few days. Besides that, I …
Turning Research into a Story
My second book in Guidepost’s Secrets from Grandma’s Attic series came out this month. I had so much fun researching and writing this story. For the historical mystery in this book, I latched on to a fact from a previous …
My Fly Fishing Adventure
I went on a new adventure yesterday. The afternoon excursion we chose at our conference was fly fishing. Jeff had done it before. I never had. I was worried as we got into the waders and boots. I kind of felt …
Back to Boston
We’ve been to Boston many time, but it is fitting that we were in Boston this week as we celebrated our country’s birthday. After all, it was the scene of so many events of the revolutionary era—and home to so many of the …
June Reads
It’s been a month of chaos—the busy kind where I can only read in snippets. Which drives me crazy! Audio books have been a huge blessing this month. So let’s start with audio. This month I listened to: The …
Mom and Dad’s 60th Anniversary
Next week, my parents will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary, and we’ve pulled out all the stops to honor this achievement! This past Saturday, the whole family (minus three grandchildren out of town) …