When I took my first step on the yellow-brick road to Oz (aka The Elusive Land of Book Publication), I expected I would encounter witches, flying monkeys, and other obstacles along the way. What I didn’t fully realize was how many amazingly cool and talented traveling companions I would “meet” as I journeyed. It has […]
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Today while I was making my lunch I realized a red bell pepper that is perfectly ripe and unmarred is not only sweet, crisp, and tasty, it’s a work of art. With it’s bright-colored skin and jaunty green stem cocked to the side, it’s like a nutritious, delicious bit of Christmas. “And that’s all I
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Jacob loves to vacuum. It’s a hobby that fits well with his obsessive need to dispose of “trash,” no matter how microscopic it may be. A thread. An eyelash. One lint molecule. On the mornings that he’s home, at some point he will inevitably stand in the living room and announce that he needs the
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Sunday evening I watched about a half hour of the World Series game, bringing my grand total of baseball-game-watching time this season to . . . about a half hour. We aren’t big TV Sports fans around here, though we’re all fond of participating in various sports. George grew up playing baseball. He and his
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Last Wednesday I went to Tyler for a couple of appointments that ended around noon, and afterward I drove to my friend Jill’s house to mooch some lunch. As we built our salads, she asked about George’s progress on his PhD, which led to her asking what comes next after graduation, which led to my
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If I had to make a list of things that white Southern Baptists are not famous for, perhaps the top two would be dancing and demonstrative worship. So, when the choir director of a local Baptist church hired me to choreograph his group’s musical production, I tried to approach the project with sensitivity to a
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It’s supposed to get above 90 degrees here tomorrow. Crazy! At least we can pretend it’s autumn by visiting the Pumpkin Patch!
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It has come to my attention that Tina wants a break from crying when she reads my posts. Some people can be so demanding. But you know me–always the accommodating sort. Benefactress to the masses and whatnot. Though I would remind Tina that crying can be a useful activity–like when someone else gets the biggest
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Same story, told in pictures. ♥
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