Fighting Obesity One Word At a Time

08/23/2007

Move over, Biggest Losers! I just cut 5,500 words from my novel. That only leaves 50,000 words, meaning I just…

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I Hope You Dance

08/21/2007

My feet are killing me, but it was worth it. Worth the Dance, that is. Sunday afternoon I went to…

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Three women enjoying a hair makeover at home.

Musing on Muses: The Mixed Bag Ladies

08/18/2007

Yesterday I started working on a personal essay for a magazine that sets a theme for each issue. The issue…

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A pixelated portrait of a man with a goatee and formal attire.

The knot in the rosary at which his life says a prayer…

08/16/2007

Orthodox Christians don’t use rosaries for our prayers as Catholics do. We use prayer ropes. But I think the idea…

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4 Blessings and 3 Questions

08/14/2007

Good morning! I’ve got a treat that will get your mind off the weather for a little while. What a…

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Black and white portrait of a smiling woman with wavy hair.

All Out of Faith: Getting Unstuck

08/12/2007

It’s 103 degrees here in Memphis … at 5:30 p.m.! To escape the heat, I’ve decided to write about something…

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Two people proudly displaying religious icons of Jesus Christ.

And the Winners Are…

08/10/2007

Thanks soooo much to the three wonderful women who sent in guesses for my “first lines” contest, which has been…

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First Impressions

08/08/2007

In the three days since I’ve been home from the writers’ conference in Mississippi, no less than three people have…

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The Drop and the Dream

08/06/2007

Trying new things at fifty six is a little scary… things involving technology and cyberspace…but here I am. Where are…

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These Are My People

08/06/2007

Driving down to Raymond, Mississippi on Friday for the first annual Mississippi Writers Guild Conference way to go, guys!) I…

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