Adventures in Frog-Eating

Adventures in Frog-Eating

If it’s your job to eat a frog, it’s best to do it first thing in the morning. And If it’s your job to eat two frogs, it’s best to eat the biggest one first.Mark Twain Meet my grandfrogs—Smeagle and Gorf (pets, not delicacies). Perhaps you’re...
Happily Ever After?

Happily Ever After?

Can I let you in on a little secret? I’m writing my first book. I’ve wanted to be a writer from the time I was a little girl. My friend, Heather, and I were quite ambitious as children. We once started a petition to have the old Thompson house rebuilt as a point of...
When God Interrupts

When God Interrupts

“The heart of man plans his way, but the LORD establishes his steps.” As mentioned in a previous post, I have established a practice of writing three pages first thing every morning. I got out of the habit for the last several months while it seemed that...
And the Other Shoe Dropped

And the Other Shoe Dropped

I stood on the front lawn, the phone to my ear, a 9-1-1 dispatcher providing the assurance that help was on the way, and wondered if the gurney would fit through the mess of flower pots on the front sidewalk. A hauling service truck turned onto the street, ready to...