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, …
More Crazy Laws #30 ~ Mystery Question
More Crazy Laws #30 is this week’s Mystery Question. I was going to do a different topic, but I lost the page of interesting facts! Maybe I’ll find it in time for next week. Or maybe not since I’ll be getting ready for the MidSouth Christian Writers Conference where I’m giving the morning keynote! Now for this week’s photo and …
The Premonition at Withers Farm ~ Reader Friday
The Premonition at Withers Farm is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: “When death came to visit, no one ever prepared tea and cookies.” But first the photo and verse. I love it when the redbud trees bud out. And they’re usually not red either, but purple, although I have seen a few red ones. When I see them, …
More Crazy Laws #29 ~ Mystery Question
More Crazy Laws #29 is this week’s Mystery Question. Now that I’ve started looking for them, I find crazy laws all over the place…some even come to my inbox! But first the photo and verse. The flowers were a gift to my neighbor across the street. They have been such a blessing to her. Another friend gave her the red …
The Persistent Road ~ Reader Friday
The Persistent Road by Tim Bishop is this week’s Reader Friday! Here are the first sentences: “I’m sorry. Your cancer is spreading . . .” Morning gridlock on the LA Freeway gave Doug Zimmer too much time to think again. ~ Fantastic opening to a great story! But first the photo and verse. My friend Loretta Edison took this photo …
More Crazy Laws #28 ~ Mystery Question
More Crazy Laws #28 — it’s so good to be back with another edition of crazy laws! And it’s good to be back home as well, although I did enjoy Nashville. It was amazing to see so many people gather in small groups praying together! The atmosphere was amazing. Oh, and everything is healing nicely. I still don’t need eye …