Monthly Archives: May 2012

These Blessed Feet

My workout at the gym is always accompanied by music with a lively rhythm. I think they have it set for 140 beats per minute, to help achieve an optimum heart rate. The other day they were playing old disco … Continue reading

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Make Me Smile; Make Me Laugh!

My husband and I are relatively newlywed and we often “get caught” acting like kids. We rough-house, play, dance, tickle one another and laugh at any excuse. Sometimes I ask why he’s got this big smile on his face…and we … Continue reading

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To have slunk away?

Because I am often second-guessing myself, and because experience has taught me to proofread at least one more time after I know the writing is perfect, I reread the blog about the fox today. I kept getting stuck at the … Continue reading

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Fox Out Front

Today we had a fox visiting the shrubs in our front yard. Come on, little guy! This is a big city and foxes don’t do this. Okay, so we do have a 350-acre wilderness at our back door. Last summer we … Continue reading

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Toe Tapping

 This morning the little orchestra at our church was performing a new version of “Washed in the Blood.” It started out with only an electric guitar playing the first verse and I noticed the flutists were tapping their toes, though … Continue reading

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Uncurried Favor

At a recent writer’s conference, I pitched a picture book to an agent and he agreed to look at my work. This guy lives in New York City and has wonderful connections in the children’s book industry, so this is … Continue reading

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