Posted in Church Year, Reading, Writing on Oct 25th, 2011
Okay, so I don’t actually have a jeep for sale, cheap or otherwise. That’s the last line from one of my favorite picture books, Nancy Shaw’s rompy rhyme Sheep in a Jeep, delightfully illustrated by Margot Apple. But, even though I’m not hawking a jeep today, I am selling something. And selling it cheap even. [...]
My grandma never wore pants. Not a single day in her life. We have a photo of her on my parents’ property outside of Fresno, California, the summer she helped my parents plant dozens of sunburst locust and liquid amber trees. Grandma’s leaning on a shovel, her booted foot pushing the blade into the soil. [...]
Posted in Writing on Sep 30th, 2011
Earlier this month, Ann Kroeker had a post on her blog about her strengths as a writer. She encouraged other writers to think about their own strengths. It’s something I’ve never really done before, not intentionally, not reflectively. So I did it. And since Ann encouraged me (uh, me and every other writer who reads [...]
I am a reader (I feel about books the way some people feel about chocolate: yum), a writer (I've written a book, even: The Circle of Seasons: Meeting God in the Church Year), and a mother (of four). So that's what I blog about: reading, writing, and raising my kids.
