Four and a half years ago, we dropped off our adventurous eighteen-year-old and her stuff (that took up about 3/4 of the back of our suburban) at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, LA. Eight hours from home. No car. …
Grit, Determination, and Faithfulness
This year, one of the things I'm thankful for is that I finished the month of November with just over 50,000 words written on a new project. But on Thursday, three days before the deadline, with a deficit of almost 5000 words …
The Scary Truths of History
Hubby and I have been to Washington, D.C. many, many times. In fact, we met there 28 years ago! So when we had a day in DC to ourselves on our last trip, we wanted to see something we hadn't seen before. We decided to go to …
So Glad to be Home
My husband and I have been on the road 23 of the past 37 days. That's roughly 3 of the past 5 weeks. The trips were a combination of business events and family visits and they were all good. But being gone from home that long …
The TP Game
We love sports at our house. And I am a sucker for tradition. This weekend we got to experience both at the famous TP game at John Brown University. A little history: this has been a tradition at JBU for 33 years. It happens …
NaNoWriMo
I've been writing for as long as I can remember. Poems. Short stories. Even my first novel attempt at about age 14. The problem was, except for school assignments, I could never finish anything! I'd get started, maybe even …
It’s Amazing What You Won’t Miss
My husband and I finished a marathon ten-day business trip recently. We both worked from early morning to late night. In between, we visited with colleagues, friends, and family. We had little, if any, down time. We climbed …
A Family Legacy of Fiction
A few months ago I received an email from my father’s cousin. I’d never met her. In fact, my father hadn’t seen in her many, many years. But she’d found one of my articles online, one I’d written about my great-grandfather …
A Frenzy and A Funk
Hello my dear blog friends! I want to apologize for my absence lately. To be honest, I've spent the past month in a frenzy and a funk. Yes, those two things might seem incongruous, but both are completely accurate …
10 Things That Excite Me about my Empty Nest
Today we take our youngest child to college. We move him in and drive home to an empty house. While I will miss having kids around on a daily basis, there are things that excite me about the Empty Nest stage of life. Here are …