“Matlock has a gift for telling what she calls ‘the secret lives of ordinary people.’”
~Detroit Free Press
Latest Posts
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Ninety Year Old Solo Woman Camper
It has been two years ago this spring, and I haven’t forgotten her. If she told us her name, I don’t recall it, but I can still see in memory her pale blue eyes, those that are unmistakably of the very old, faded by years and sort of glassy and with lots of crinkles at
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Happy Easter!
Happy Easter! Grace and peace, CurtissAnn.
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Why Did I Choose That Book? or In Praise and Admiration for Long Sentences
As I mulled over what to write about for this week’s post, I naturally thought back to last week’s post–it was about running to books for comfort and calming in the face of life’s inevitable and daily trials and tribulations. I myself did just that. I set aside a novel I had just bought because
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Each Day Begin Again
I find C. S. Lewis’ wisdom immensely encouraging. If a spiritual giant such as Lewis had to begin again each day at the beginning with his faith, it seems reasonable for me to have to not only begin all over each day with relying on God, but sometimes several times a day I begin again.
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Girl Camper Gets Through the Rain and Visits Eudora Welty House and Garden
On Sunday I drove up to Roosevelt State Park in Mississippi, where I was to meet a girl camper friend. Wouldn’t you know a severe storm front moved across Mississippi and Alabama on that day. I considered postponing my trip by a day, but I had the camper all loaded and was itching to go.
“Matlock writes about generous people striving to live and love well. She does it beautifully.
~ Contra Costa Times
Curtiss Ann Matlock 