As everyone everywhere is aware, recent global events have thrown a monkey wrench into the works so to speak. The fear of the unknown and the uncontrollable ...

This past week Emily put on her creative hat and made yet another beautiful birthday card for a friend. I entered the Susanna Leonard Hill Valentiny Contest,...

I know I usually post on Monday, but this week I held off a bit. Every February Susanna Leonard Hill sponsors a Valentine writing contest called_ you guessed...

This past week I found a wonderful side dish recipe for potato pancakes that took me back to my childhood. I remember my mom using left over mashed potatoes ...

This past weekend Emily went on a youth group trip with her bestie, Katie. To you that might seem ordinary, but for Bobby and I it was the first time she's b...

Christmas passed with a flurry and flutter of friends, family, and gift exchanges, but now... We've begun a new year. We've entered a new decade. And we have...

It's been a good year full of ordinary and extraordinary happenings. And as this year comes to a close, I've been making cookies. Lots and lots of cookies! I...

This past weekend I had the privilege to participate in the Faith and Fellowship Book Festival with one of my literary besties, Deb Boerema. We sold books, c...

Although there is a hint of snow on the ground, we are still officially in the throws of autumn and that means apples from the nearby orchard. Yellow delicio...

This past week was our monthly Cook Book Club meeting. Our theme was Thanksgiving Feast, and apparently green bean casserole was on many people's minds becau...

I am truly grateful every day of every month; but we are now in November the month which hosts the holiday of Thanksgiving, so I thought it would be appropri...

This past week the Ohio weather turned from mild to cold practically over night and dare I say it, I saw snow. Granted the cold arrived at the end of Octobe...

This past week was full of some not so fun stuff like my trip to the dentist and Emily's cold, but it was full of some fun stuff as well. I told Emily she co...

Last week I failed to read a book and post. It was a hectic, but good, week which started off with Cook Book Club. Our theme for Cook Book Club was tailgati...

My normal Monday blog featured a critique opportunity from pbspotlight; but as I mentioned in that blog, autumn opportunities abound. So I just wanted to let...

Autumn usually glides in like golden leaf floating from the sky. But this year, Autumn's arrival has been more like a choppy helicopter ride with the tempera...

This past week saw me scurrying to Library Board of Trustee meetings, Levy Committee meetings, a 50th wedding anniversary, and a family reunion in between th...

This past weekend we attended a family reunion for Bobby's maternal side. It was the first time in years that his mother and her siblings had been in the sam...

This past weekend I attended my region's yearly SCBWI Ohio North Conference. I look forward to attending this conference each year because I always go away f...

Hey everyone! I hope you all enjoyed the long Labor Day weekend. We started the weekend off with another taco night. Only one of Emily's guy friends made it,...