“Matlock has a gift for telling what she calls ‘the secret lives of ordinary people.’”
~Detroit Free Press
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This is the Year
This is the year I’ll finish my book. I’m seeing, and encouraged by, the realization that this is also the year I have arrived at a couple of major decisions for my life, decisions as long time coming as this book. I have been working on this novel since before my mother’s death. Good heavens–since…
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Wisdom, Chuckles, Hope from the WordPress Reader
I just now realized that I’ve created a new helpful habit–I open the WordPress Reader every few days and read from blogs that I follow. There’s a superlative wealth of variety and knowledge. This morning, I was inspired to select a life verse from the Bible (how does one, someone like me who has a…
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A Smile For The Day
Explanation of my habit.
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The Things that Lift Us Up
Here it is New Year’s Day once again. And once again my day has not gone as I had planned. I have not accomplished all that I had planned, actually hardly anything I had planned. But I had long chats with two dear and precious people in my life and accepted an unexpected invitation to…
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A State of Mind
Here we are in the days after the Big Day. I don’t know about you, but I breathe a certain sigh of relief. Nothing pressing, all buying, cooking and wrapping over with. It is a welcome of quiet space before the bustling of the New Year that tells us to, “Get going on all that…
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Thanksgiving Day and Pies Again
Thanksgiving has rolled around again. Let my holiday baking begin. My baking is a tradition for me and my family. Raisin pie is a favorite. Never heard of raisin pie? I hadn’t either until my husband begged me to learn to make it back in the ’70s. I don’t recall where I found the recipe…
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