Take Time for Yourself
It’s a very busy time of year. Holiday activities and gatherings ramp up. Almost every night, a program or event is scheduled to put everyone in the holiday spirit. Gifts need to be purchased and wrapped. Cards needs to be written and sent. Travel plans need to be finalized. Checkbook and credit card balances need […]
Thoughts about Funerals
Last week, I talked about suicide and the victims left behind. This week, I’ll talk about funerals. I don’t like going to them, but then, who does. I went to a funeral for the first time when I was 16. My grandmother passed away, and I was sucked into the events that followed. I never […]
Thoughts on Suicide
Victim: a person harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime, accident or other event or action Someone or something killed, destroyed, injured, oppressed, or otherwise harmed by, or suffering from some act, condition, or circumstance – a person who has had something bad happen to him/her From “Your Dictionary” online A devastating […]
Thoughts on Cousins
An unusual thing happened this year. I’ve visited with more of my cousins than I have since I was a girl. Why is that unusual? My cousins and I are not particularly close. In contrast, Hubby’s family has cousin reunions and a round-robin letter between cousins that’s been going for decades. He knows most of […]
Thoughts on Ghosts
Halloween is here. it’s my least favorite holiday. I don’t like being scared, and I’ve never had a good costume to wear. The best thing about it the candy when we buy more than we have trick-or-treaters. Speaking of being scared, do you believe in ghosts? I do, mainly because of I Samuel 28 where […]
Thoughts on Packing for Travel
Hubby and I travel a lot. Sometimes he travels alone. Just he and his bicycles. He has a system for his truck where everything is within his reach. Water to drink, snacks (mostly Cheetos), trash sack, tissues, and so on. His system works really well for him until I go along. He has to rearrange […]
Thoughts on my New Book
I’ve just released by fifth self-published book, The Secrets of the Clock. It’s a contemporary tale of three ordinary sisters with extraordinary families. The concept for the book came from a writing exercise at an ICAN writers conference I went to two years ago. The Idaho Creative Authors Network (ICAN) is a group of four […]
A Lesson from a Friend
This past week, a friend passed away. She was 88 and had lived a full life. She was the mover and shaker of the Weiser River Trail, a rail-trail in western Idaho. I met Shirley and her identical twin sister Pattie not long after we moved to Idaho. Hubby loves rail-trails so he was thrilled […]