What a week it’s been, my friends! When I wrote you last, I was a mere child, only 69. But when this past Monday arrived, I glanced at a...

(A special welcome to new friends joining us for the first time from the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference. We’ll have...

In Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, the young son asks his father, “What’s the bravest thing you ever did?” The answer, grim but honest:...

When you visit another country or take up a new dialect, do you sometimes feel as if you’ve reinvented yourself a bit? Frances Mayes,...

When you visit another country or take up a new dialect, do you sometimes feel as if you’ve reinvented yourself a bit? Frances Mayes,...

I’m an avid student when it comes to the School of Lifelong Learning – you too? The best part of my weekly posts are the words that...

Did you happen to catch the Coronation this past Saturday? Though I’ve not a drop of English blood, I sat in the pre-dawn chill of our...