Posted in Writing on Sep 6th, 2011
Last Tuesday, a friend sent me an email with a link to a free writing retreat at Laity Lodge through The High Calling. “I saw this and thought of you,” she wrote. My first thought was, A free retreat at Laity Lodge? What do I have to do? I clicked on the link and quickly [...]
Before he retired, my father-in-law worked at Ace Hardware. This was a good fit for him. The man loves tools. His garage is full of them (much to my mother-in-law’s chagrin). More, he knows tools. He reads magazines about tools. He knows which tool works best in any given situation. And if he needs a [...]
Posted in Writing on May 17th, 2011
I wrote the original version of this story (which was painfully bad) for my college senior project, a collection of short stories. Of the five stories, this one had the most potential, so last year, with help from my critique group, I revised it. Last month, I reread it for the first time in nearly [...]
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.
