I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself. ~ Maya Angelou One of my sisters, before my book came out, said that she thought I would just be in my element when I got up to talk in front of an audience. I agreed with her then, and now that I've been in […]
I am going to be quite busy for the next ten days, so I will not be posting to my blog for a little while. I have eight book talks scheduled in as many days, so life is a bit hectic for David and me. I will return to blogging just as soon as I can. I want to thank
For some reason I’ve been thinking of my mother, who we called Mem. It is customary to celebrate Mother’s Day in May, but for me this has become “reMEMbering month.” Mem with our son, Tim. This is the only photo Mem ever posed for us. Often when someone dies, we have a way of “purifying” our memories of that person.
A little while ago, I complained about the "dreab" days. It is time to now express my appreciation for the beautiful days we are having — temperatures in the 70s, blue sky with cottony clouds floating lazily along, trees flowering everywhere — who could ask for more glorious weather than this? And waking to birdsong in the birch tree right
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Thank you everyone who answered my questions last week. I found them very interesting. Christine, that is a good point that people are reading the Amish fiction for their “wholesome” qualities, and also that people are not necessarily going to change their views of the Amish, even with “data” to the contrary. Gumbo Soul, thank you very much for your compliments. There
I have been pondering a question that I would like to ask of you. According to the article “Chasing the Bonnet” by Beth Graybill, Amish fiction is one of the hottest genres on the market. The librarians I talk to are amazed at how these books fly out of their libraries; Amazon shows that the number of any one of
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