This is my favorite time of year! I love everything about Christmas—the lights in the yard, the tree in the house, and the “Hallelujah Chorus!” But that’s not what Handel had in mind when he wrote the piece. Not even close… Handel’s Unexpected Holiday Classic George...
I have always looked forward to Thanksgiving. Christmas is still my favorite, but I am fiercely protective of Thanksgiving. I’m just sayin’ . . . Personally, I don’t allow myself to look at store displays or listen to radio stations that seem...
Several weeks ago, Polly, the boys, and I gathered with some friends for a good, old fashioned family time. As everyone arrived, the adults talked while the children, excited to see each other in a setting other than school, ran back...
It was soon after The Traveler’s Gift was released that I began hearing what I now consider to be my most asked question . . . As the book took on a life of it’s own, “the question” seemed to do the same. Through the publication of subsequent...
The first thing I have noticed today is that it has been quite a while since I sat down, dug in, and wrote a serious blog. The second thing I almost immediately noticed is that the word “blog” is identified as a misspelled word by my computer’s...
Hi Everyone! As of this very moment, I am diving off the high board and into the deep end of the pool … THIS IS MY FIRST BLOG! For some time now, I have watched and read the postings of beings far more experienced in navigating the blogosphere than I … me...
