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Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz Museum When I was growing up, we watched a lot of sitcoms with a live audience, since it was a popular format for...
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- May 26
Time Traveler
In the third book of my middle grade series of fantasy fiction, I created a character named Gus who has two magical powers, and one of...
- May 14
Dreaming
Back when Covid was raging through the world, I woke up one morning remembering the strangest dream: I was at a church potluck, and I saw...
- May 8
Busy
May has got to be the busiest month of the year, at least, it is for me in my current season of life. Graduation parties and wedding...
- Apr 10
May I pray for you?
As we were driving down a backroad highway a few weeks ago, I saw a man standing in a parking lot, waving and smiling at people who drove...
- Mar 6
Rules
I was talking to a Sunday school teacher about classroom behavior and how to manage the rowdier kids during the hour he has them every...
- Feb 26
You rule
I pass the same Burger King restaurant several times a week, though I’ve never actually eaten there. On my frequent passings, I’ve...
- Feb 12
Kink in my hose
Looking out at the dreary winter landscape that is my backyard in February, I have to rally my senses to look forward to a lovelier...
- Jan 30
Pushing the buttons
Before our schedules became too busy for family trips in the summertime, we used to take an annual trip to a high-rise condo at the...
- Jan 23
Telling stories
When our kids were little, one of their frequent requests was: “Daddy, tell us a story about a time you got hurt.” That may sound strange...
- Dec 30, 2022
Leap of faith
I’m not much of a daredevil. I’ll ride a few roller coasters in the summer and maybe glide on a sled once a year if we get enough snow,...
- Dec 10, 2022
Is this it?
When my husband was in kindergarten, his class took a field trip to The Cross-Eyed Cricket, a catfish farm 20 or so minutes from his...
- Nov 28, 2022
Longing for Dawn
My older son was a horrible sleeper for his entire first year. He was remarkably pleasant when he was awake during the day, basically...
- Nov 6, 2022
Contrary Contronyms
When I was growing up, one of my favorite fictional characters was a ditzy maid with a genuine knack for baking named Amelia Bedelia. She...
- Oct 31, 2022
Remembering why I'm here
Tell me if this sounds familiar: you buy a ticket for a movie, sit down in the theater, watch a bunch of commercials, followed by a slew...
- Oct 18, 2022
Fan of the Game
When my husband Brent and I were still living in Memphis, from time to time we enjoyed shelling out $5 to attend a Red Birds baseball...
- Sep 20, 2022
Spiritual Amnesia
Growing up mostly in the 1980’s, I will admit that I watched a lot of television. And once we eventually got cable, my sisters and I...
- Sep 13, 2022
Book It
I love to read. In fact, falling headlong into a fascinating page-turner is one of my favorite things to do—summertime or wintertime,...
- Aug 23, 2022
Kinsman Redeemer
After a couple of months of harvesting grain along with the servants of Boaz, Naomi gets to thinking about her dear daughter-in-law Ruth....
- Aug 16, 2022
Rest from gleaning
In the second chapter of the Book of Ruth, we see the two widows, Naomi and her daughter-in-law Ruth, after they’ve traveled from Moab to...
- Aug 9, 2022
Crossroads
Centuries after the trumpet sound had finished echoing off the stones which used to be the walls of Jericho and centuries before King...
- Jul 18, 2022
Vast Triangled Heart
When I come into the kitchen in the morning before our kids are up and going, I can almost always count on finding an assortment of water...
- Jun 27, 2022
Poison ivy
So it all started with a dead pine tree. Our yard is bordered by these giant conifers, and one of them up and died. We had a couple of...
- Jun 26, 2022
Lost car
When our older son Knox was around 4-years old, he was given my husband’s vast collection of Matchbox cars. Included in the throng were...
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