Feb 13, 2024 | reading & recs
WHAT A GREAT book year! I have to say I look back at 2023 with gratitude and great admiration for the writers who brought such powerful stories to the page. I’m not one to consider reading a contest or an activity to check off a To-Do list, nevertheless I love...
May 10, 2023 | travel & inspiration
WE WERE REACHING the end of our tour of the four corner state’s big parks—leaving Alamoso, Colorado, ready to hike Great Sand Dunes National Park, then in the afternoon, making a turn for home with Evie the RV pointed straight for Kansas. The weather was okay; a...
Oct 13, 2022 | travel & inspiration
FOR MANY YEARS we’ve dreamed of taking a trip to the Holy Land with Tim’s sister, Colette, and her husband, Gary, who know the country well. They are also THE MOST FUN. Then just about the time we got the dates locked down and the tours scheduled and the...
Aug 16, 2022 | The Writerly Life
The third time an emergency alert awakened me, I reached for my phone. It was dark, darkest dark, the bright light just outside the window by my Hindman, Kentucky bed for the first time not providing 24-hour illumination of our tiny shared room. Power must be out, no...
Jul 19, 2022 | reading & recs
I AM NOT a competitive reader. I don’t set goals, I don’t strategize my list, I don’t look to fill in defined categories or stretch into genres (with intention) I don’t typically enjoy. Which is to say I am basically a mood reader (totally in...
Aug 23, 2020 | The Writerly Life
IN APRIL, in the early days of Covid, I made the rather impulsive decision to up and self-publish my first novel. I had great support from a handful of writers I deeply respect and who are renown. I had full reads and good interest from multiple literary agents even...
