Rain. God’s Gift or Curse?

May 14, 2012
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It’s raining, it’s pouring the old man is snoring. Yes, really. I woke this morning to my husband Jerry snoring, and the rain pitter-pattering on my window. What a glorious day to be alive.
I love rain. For me it is God’s way of telling me to slow down, to sit back and listen. Have you [...]

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Friends and Festivals

May 7, 2012
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This past weekend kicked off another fun-filled season of festivals in, and around my hometown of Elkin, North Carolina. After being mostly inside all winter, snuggled up to my computer it felt so, so, good to get out into the world. I felt like a caterpillar bursting forth from its cocoon. Now free to once [...]

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Miracles?

April 30, 2012

Are miracles still taking place in this crazy, topsy-turvy world we live in? Yes, I believe they are.

What about the ability to get up in the mornings? Isn’t it a miracle the way blood pumps through our bodies, and our lungs retract and expand, pulling life-giving air into our being? Man can do lots of [...]

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Create. Is That All There Is To It?

April 23, 2012
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I love the 1998 movie, Field of Dreams, which stars Kevin Costner. It has been a long time favorite of mine. It inspires a feeling of hope in me. Even after fourteen years the quote from the movie, “Build it, and they will come,” often rivets through my mind.

I have a tin ornament that hangs [...]

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Suffer the Little Children

April 17, 2012

Mark 10: 13-16
13) And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.
14) But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of [...]

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What’s My Genre?

April 9, 2012
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I recently finished reading my seventeenth novel written by, Mary Higgins Clark titled, I’ll Walk Alone. I hadn’t read one of her books in a couple of years and had forgot what a talented writer she is. For thirty-five years she has been writing heart-pounding thrillers. She truly is the queen of suspense.
However, I do [...]

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Road Trip: Destination Unknown?

April 3, 2012
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There’s nothing like an adventurous road trip to clear your head and let your tendonitis elbow rest. I love to hit the highway with no particular destination in mind except to forge deeper into the old South.

All we knew when we struck out on a trip last week was that we were going to Alabama, [...]

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Thank God for Boot Straps

March 19, 2012
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Most young people don’t know what a boot strap is. I have a pair of cowboy boots that date back to the 1970’s. At the top are loops for me to put my fingers in so I can pull them on. I haven’t worn those boots in probably twenty years, but I can’t seem to [...]

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Spring Forward, Fall Back: Exactly What Time Is It Anyway?

March 13, 2012
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Does anyone in the world think there is something wrong with messing with the sun’s true time, or, “standard time” as we call it? Frankly, I’ve never understood it. When I was a youngster I enjoyed the longer days. I could romp around in the woods and play outside until bedtime. As an adult these [...]

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Researching, a Morning With Bob Pate

March 5, 2012
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I met a man last week that had been dead since February 8, 1987. That’s right, twenty-five years deceased. This man, who most refer to as the River Man and I spent a little over two hours behind closed doors, alone, on the campus of Wilkes Community College last Tuesday. And, I wasn’t scared one [...]

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