Travel
“One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” Henry Miller “All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost.” J.R.R. Tolkien The Fellowship of theRing
Musings
Addicted to Travel
Recently, I was asked about memorable road trips. My first experiences were with my mom and dad and brother. My parents only had two weeks of vacation a year, and they wanted to visit as many National Parks as possible. Hence, we spent long hours in a car without air conditioning to get to the …
Romans 12:3-5
“…Be honest in your estimation of yourselves, measuring your value by how much faith God has given you. Just as our bodies have many parts and each part has a special function, so it is with Christ’s body. We are all parts of His one body, and each of us has different work to do. …
Writers’ Retreat
Over Labor Day week-end, I joined a group of writer friends, both men and women, all veterans who have survived the ups and downs and ins and outs of the publishing industry over the last twenty to thirty years. You’d know their names. Some have sold millions of books all over the world. Several had …
Organization
“Organizing is what you do before you do something so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.” A.A. Milne “My theory on housework is, if the item doesn’t multiply, smell, catch fire, or block the refrigerator door, let it be. No one else cares? Why should you?” Erma Bombeck “If a …
My Office
Now that Bridge to Haven is in Tyndalean hands and moving toward publication, it’s time for me to clear my working space. To my left is a wall-length bulletin board on which I’ve pinned pictures of my characters. Some are people you would recognize; others are unknowns whose pictures I found in magazines or newspapers. …
Music
“Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul; it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us.” Martin Luther “Music can change the world because it can change people.” Bono
KLOVE Cruising
I’ve been listening to KLOVE Radio since Rick and I moved to Sebastopol in 1985. It was a small start-up station then, conceived by San Francisco DJ Bob Anthony, with Dick Jenkins as general manager. I wasn’t a Christian yet, but loved the “positive alternative” music with lyrics that fed my soul and made me …
Coming Spring 2014 – Bridge To Haven
To those who matter in 1950s Hollywood, Lena Scott is the hottest rising star to hit the silver screen since Marilyn Monroe. Few know her real name is Abra. Even fewer know the price she’s paid to finally feel like she’s somebody. To Pastor Ezekiel Freeman, Abra will always be the little girl who stole …
Mark Twain
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.”