Have you ever assembled a scrapbook–a grouping of pictures and mementos in one large collection? Scrapbooks today are often works of art, encompassing old pictures, ticket stubs, napkins, menus, etc. The item can be used to enhance the significance of the event. Brightly colored pages with themes incorporated in the design, die cut letters, miniature […]
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New book,New Series Heiress Unaware
A new story has joined the lineup of tales in a series I’ve entitled Heiress Unaware. This story was originally written about a teenage girl who’d been in foster care for nine years, felt totally abandoned by her mother, and was about to be emancipated by the child protective services. Over the course of writing […]
When Motorcycles Meet A Novice
I’ve only ridden a motorcycle once in my life. Many years ago. My then boyfriend who would later become my husband and I were on a rock hunting expedition with friends in eastern Oregon. We were digging to recover quartz, specifically Jasper stone, and other rare rocks with interesting middles. My girlfriend’s brother-in- law […]
Labor Day-Marking a Season of Change
The first Monday in September was officially designated a day of rest for American workers by five states in 1887. Prior to that, protests demanding better working conditions for employees were first recorded in New York City in 1882. My home state of Oregon was among the first five states to recognize the need […]
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When Does This Book Become the Last?
I didn’t set out to write seven books. In fact, as a trained journalist, I didn’t believe I was capable of writing one. My specialty was creating four hundred word essays in under fifteen minutes. That’s what journalists do in order to make a publishing deadline. Write quick, brisk, concise copy for a waiting audience. […]
Proud Makes the Peacock
Breakfast was over. Church would begin in a quarter hour. I savored my cup of coffee while staring out our kitchen window at the bird sanctuary on the other side of the glass. In my line of sight a huge bulking mass of feathers appeared at the top of the fence. I blinked. What the. […]
Another Trip Around the Sun
Last week I turned a year older. Another trip around the sun completed. My left knee woke me that morning as though putting a time stamp on the day. A reminder that with increased age comes surprises of a physical nature—not all of them welcome. What new adventures will this year bring? I have known […]
They thought themselves abandoned
Scattered. Alone. Abandoned. They’d seen their leader arrested. Watched him be tried. Saw him nailed to a cross. Heard his final cries. Witnessed his death. Now what? Disillusioned, they waited. He’d said he’d never leave them or forsake them. But they were left behind. Until Sunday morning, when Mary Magdalene, the other Mary and Joanna […]
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To Leave A Legacy
This week my husband lost a relative who will be dearly missed. At every reunion he sought this man out, sat and shared stories with him for hours, and went home rejuvenated by his time in the man’s company. The man always had a story to tell, a testimony to share, or a bit of […]
When A Kitten Cries
I confess. When a kitten meows mournfully outside my window, or from a tree in the yard, I’m putty in its paws. My nurturing heart races to find the source of the wail. The kitten knows its spell over me, staring at me with those wide innocent eyes, that sweet little chin full of […]