When I finished Gasparilla’s Treasure. I could tell that something wasn’t just right. I knew there was more to the story so I decided to do in depth character studies. Just yesterday I found my research notebook. I had written several pages about each character, things like their favorite color, their fears, their most embarrassing […]
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Inspired by the friendship between my oldest son and his best buddy at the time, “Silent Glades” started out as a treasure hunt story that took place near my hometown, Tampa. It was then titled “Gasparilla’s Treasure”.
You Decide From the moment we wake up till the very second we lay our heads on our pillows at night, our days are made up of a string of decisions, one after another. From simple ones, like what to wear that day, to deeper more meaningful choices like how we to respond to the […]
Where is Joy, Mama? She is dancing in the wind. She is sparkling in the sunshine. She is laughing in your friend. She is playing in your smile and Splashing on the shore. She is singing with the birds and Opening up a door. And on the grayer days she is napping quietly under blankets […]
Madeleine L’Engle is my writing hero. In honor of her I am going to post here a few quotes from her book, “Walking On Water”, the most incredible book I have ever read on art and writing. From pg. 18, Walking on Water: Obedience is an unpopular word nowadays, but the artist must be obedient to […]
If you look closely at this picture, right there with her little head on my foot, is my pug Lucy when she was a tiny puppy. I remember that day. It was a writing day, the one day that I had set aside each week to work furiously on whatever writing project was before me. My […]
Laundry, Chute! A shrill alarm sounds in the hall, then still and quietness. I rush toward the siren call, to rescue my red dress. The latch released, I close my eyes then lunge into the dark, to free the poly-cottons from the hot breath of the shark. I dump them on the […]
After our golden retriever, Sadie, died I felt lost. I hadn’t realized how much I had depended on her steady, unconditional love to get me through the craziness of my life. She was always there at the end of my days quietly loving me, ready to snuggle me on my bad days and ready to […]
I know that creativity requires energy so I’m wondering; Do I need to store up energy to be more creative? When I blog does it drip creative energy out of me like a leaky faucet? Do I need to hold back on my blog and my painting for a bit until the pressure becomes so […]
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Learning to Float Last reblogged post on floating…though I think it may take me a lifetime to learn how to really do it. 🙂 I spent Saturday at the the Red Piano Too gallery. I had a sweet day visiting with customers and the artists that were able to…
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In my October 15, 2007 blog I talked about learning how to ride the waves of life challenges instead of kicking against them. And I am learning that the first step in doing this is to accept where I am. I have to be willing to look at the…
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Life is full of wave after wave of challenges. Some splash against us. Some crash against us, and some threaten to sweep us away like giant tsunamis. We can kick and struggle, doing our best not to go under, or we can lie on our backs and…float. Floating is…
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This daily prayer is the result of my research as well as the thoughts of friends and family. It is taken from the “Armor of God” passage in Ephesians. Dear Lord, Make me alert to the warfare around me. Help me discern what is good and what is evil. Bless me this morning…
When we brought our first born, Caleb, home from the hospital he slept in a bassinet right next to our bed. The first night I slept with my hand on his back and woke to every baby gurgle and and mew. After about three weeks we moved the bassinet to the hallway. Then about a month later we […]
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