“Matlock has a gift for telling what she calls ‘the secret lives of ordinary people.’”
~Detroit Free Press
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Don’t Stomp the Little Tomato Plant
Christmas is over. After years of experience, I’m no longer shocked how fast it passed, nor am I sad, as I used to be. I’m more practiced at seeing the beauty and opportunity of these quiet days between Christmas and January, to rest and reflect and nurture new ideas, hopes, and dreams. Right now my
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What Does Christmas Mean to You?
So I was looking for something on the internet, and we know what a sucking black hole that can be. Just at the ‘all is lost moment’, as we novelists term it, I stretched and grabbed hold of the couch leg and pulled myself back out, bringing with me these gems: “What is Christmas? It
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You Just Can’t Make too Much of Christmas.
The above nativity set is old and a bit chipped, but the years and imperfections have made it priceless with memories. We had bought our second house; my husband had been promoted, and we were moving up, but still we had to count our pennies. I bought a nativity set kit from Herrschners. Do any
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Christmas in a Small Town
Last weekend, I enjoyed a fabulous time at the annual Christmas gathering of a group of women campers (correct–no men). We come in large and small RVs, hauling our travel trailers, or camping in cars and tents, from Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Texas, to the private campground of Washington Parish Fairgrounds, in the small town
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Christmas Memories
Today I have a post, Christmas is Hope, over at bestselling author Liz Flaherty’s Window Over the Sink blog. I write about the hopeful women heroines of my three Christmas stories, and how my mother inspired the creation of those characters. You can read the post here. Maybe some of you read the post I
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My sincere Gratitude for Each of You, My Dear Reader Friends
Thank you, my dear reader friends, who have read my blog and my books over the years, and those of you who so often have offered encouragement at just the right time in need. I smile to think of it. The thought brings memories of how this blog was a main instrument in bringing me
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