More Crazy Laws #35 is this week’s Mystery Question. Can you believe there are this many crazy laws on still on the books? But first the photo and verse. The photo is from my weekend trip down the Natchez Trace to Jackson, Mississippi, to keynote and teach at a women’s writer’s retreat. I had a ball at the retreat and …
Truth in the Name ~ Reader Friday
Truth in the Name by F. D. Adkins is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the opening sentence: “Dark shadows conceal every thought as exhaustion consumes me.” This was a scary book to me because, unfortunately, I can see it happening. But first the photo and verse. A friend emailed this sunrise photo a few days ago she’d captured as she …
Back to Crazy Laws #34 ~ Mystery Question
Back to Crazy Laws #34 is this week’s Mystery Question. I had planned to do more whacky crimes, but life happened. lol. But first the photo and verse. I took it yesterday afternoon in between cloud cover. I really didn’t think I’d be able to take the photo, but finally, the clouds parted somewhat. When I took the first one …
Rise On Eagles’ Wings ~ Reader Friday
.Rise On Eagles’ Wings by Lois Kennis is this week’s Reader Friday. It’s a story that will stay with you long after you close the book. Here’s the first line: “August 1993. The sun paints a blaze of gold behind my house, promising a glorious day.” But first the photo and verse. On Monday I received a beautiful photo with …
Wacky Crimes ~ Mystery Question
Wacky Crimes is this week’s Mystery Question. I thought I’d switch it up this week…just in case you were getting bored with the crazy state laws. lol But first the photo. I took it last week when it was a little hazy out, and it’s the first full moon after the Spring Equinox, heralding Easter. And, just in case you …
Sweet Deceit by Sally Jo Pitts ~ Reader Friday
Sweet Deceit by Sally Jo Pitts is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: “Could things finally be looking up for Annie McAfee?” But first the photo and verse. The photo was taken the night we left the Hospice Center in Chattanooga after my mother went to be with Jesus. I walked out the door and looked to my right. …
More Crazy Laws #32 ~ Mystery Question
More Crazy Laws #32 is this week’s Mystery Question. I turned my edits in on time (Yay!), and on Wednesday I begin the first book in the Return to Logan Point Series! I’m really excited to write this–I’ve wanted to tell Scott Sinclair’s story for a long time. He was Nick Sinclair’s brother in my very first book, Shadows of the Past. And …
A Lady’s Guide to Marvels and Misadventures ~ Reader Friday
A Lady’s Guide to Marvels and Misadventures by Angela Bell is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: For Miss Clara Marie Stanton, the task of preventing her family from being committed to an asylum had become as commonplace as it was exhausting. I want to tell you I loved this book, but first the photo and verse. I …
More Crazy Laws #31 ~ Mystery Question
More Crazy Laws #31 is this week’s Mystery Question. Who would’ve thought I could get 31 weeks out of these crazy laws! I do want to tell you what a wonderful conference we had. Everyone seemed to enjoy it. Over a hundred attended and we practically had church at the end. 🙂 Now for the photo and verse. My daughter …
Take My Hand ~ Reader Friday
Take My Hand by Kristen Hogrefe Parnell is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: If anyone needed a vacation, she did.” But first the verse and photo. This is one of my favorite late-afternoon photos. I love the steeple and the contrails and the beautiful golden hue to everything. And that is also one of my favorite verses…of course, …