Just know that you are and will always be our friends. Creative thinking brings us nearer to our true self and the Creator, whether writing, sewing, singing, drawing, repairing, gardening, or simply contemplating our backyard wonders with a cup of coffee.

This is my Christmas wish for you and yours: That you have plenty of love shown and spoken to you That peace dwells in your home and with your family That you are and will stay healthy Was your year full of challenges, opportunities, and surprises? Oh, my, ours surely was! Two grandsons graduated, Camden from high school and Julian…

Joyful greetings and heartfelt thanks for reading this month’s news! I hope your September has been a good one. For me, it was rife with computer program glitches, causing my brain to drown in uncharted territory. Nothing feels safe right now and this anxiety isn’t conducive to writing. Progress report: The last quarter of Book Two is very nearly finished.…

“Dog Days”: the never-ending days of summer: If you think of a dog, lazily sprawled on the deck in the shade, his tongue hanging out of the side of his mouth….you get the idea of how we feel in Texas watching those 100-plus days slowly tick by. I hope your weather hasn’t been as hellishly HOT as here.

July is about over but this newsletter is scooting in to greet your Inbox to encourage your ‘sweaty endeavors’ in this hot month. My particular ‘sweaty endeavor’ is, as usual, and what I love the most is to continue and finish the writing of Book Two, Etched on the Heart. I’m finished with the first, semi-final draft, having it edited,…

Speaking of travel—Bob, Jakob, and I drove (not so remotely) four hours south to the Gulf Coast and Padre Island, TX. There we found beautiful, white-sandy beaches and clean surf. It’s not over-run with tourists, but home to Kemp Ridley turtles, great fishing, reasonable restaurants and accommodations, and absolutely lip-smackin’ seafood!