“Matlock has a gift for telling what she calls ‘the secret lives of ordinary people.’”
~Detroit Free Press
Latest Posts
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Me and My Travel Trailer, Episode 5
I thought for the few of you who followed my RVing adventures last fall, that I would post an update. I believe I have gone out camping now four times since I last posted. I’m losing count, and that’s a good thing. I am happy to report that I have made much progress in learning…
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Book Recommendation–Sisters, by Kellie Coates Gilbert
Sisters, by Kellie Coates Gilbert. This is the first of Gilbert’s Sun Valley series. The description for Sisters says: “Set in America’s original ski resort, Sun Valley, Idaho—SISTERS offers a thought-provoking look at three women . . . and the choices they make when they realize their lives aren’t exactly what they expected.” That sentence…
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The Write House Publishes The Front Porch
I’m excited to announced that I have joined with a group of talented women’s fiction authors to form a consortium we’ve named The Write House. Our aim is to help each other promote our work with deeper and wider interaction with readers. I imagine you are like me, and when I enjoy a novel, the…
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Book Recommendations
In recent weeks, I’ve finished a couple of good books that I want to pass along to my reader friends. The House of Unexpected Sisters, No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, by Alexander McCall Smith. I always buy this series, and in hardback. That shows how much I know I will like it. These books…
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Be Brave–You Can
I had a disappointment. It made me think about where I am going in my life, and how tired I am that most everything seems hard. I wanted it—this one thing—to be easy. I was so certain that it would be. A part of this was certainty that I was following what God would have…
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Happy 2018! New Book, New Camper, New Purpose
Happy New Year, Dear Reader Friends! We are full into it now. People back to work, some want to, some don’t. Some already have their trees down, decorations all cleared away. I wish. Our children don’t go to school for another couple of days here, and I’m glad. I like to ease into this new…
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~ Contra Costa Times
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