Color full (in)couragement
A box of Crayolas, colored pencils and a stack of coloring books…a little girl's whimsy, right? Well, sort of… In response to March's Creative Challenge at (in)courage, my daughter and I sat across from one...
Mouthwatering Monday? You betcha!
In my quest to not only try new recipes monthly, but to incorporate them into my culinary arsenal, I'm bound to have a combination of hits and misses. While Southern Living's "Easy Chicken & Dumplings" was an out-of-the-ballpark...
The sky isn’t falling, it’s on FIRE!
I catapulted out of bed faster than if one of my children had screamed and curdled blood–how could I not move faster than sound when God "commanded" me by spectacular incentive to JUMP??? I caught a glimpse outside my bedroom window…....
Bedtime Theater Giveaway ~ WINNER #1
I'm a multi-tasker, in life and online. This explains the 51 tabs I've got open at this moment, three in Safari and 48 in Firefox (clearly I'm partial to foxes-on-fire as opposed to elephants-in-the-Bush). It also explains how I'm...
Flustrated ‘splanations
You know how you can talk about your brother, but Nellie-bar-the-door if anyone else does 'cause you're gonna have to put a hurtin' on 'em? That's how I feel about my Southern brethren…and sisteren, I suppose. "Flustrated"...
Blissdom, Part 2: Rising & shining, inside & out
Have you ever had a “compulsion” to do something, didn‘t do it, then wondered what you missed? I have–too often, I’m afraid–and at the Blissdom Conference I had the delight of finding out exactly what I’ve missed, not...
Rubbing elbows with the literati
"Who keeps company with wolves will learn how to howl."~ Spanish proverb I don't know why it j.u.s.t. occurred to me, but my friends write books…a lot of them. <– purposefully ambiguous as to whether or not I mean "friends" or...
How I learned I have caterpillar eyebrows…
The Inspirational Writing Workshop at Blissdom remains a warmfuzzymemory for me; Hallmark cardwriters Sarah Mueller and Molly Wigand joined bloggers Casey Mullins and Stephanie Precourt for an inspiration-filled session. It's apparent they love what they...