I’ve always loved research—research and learning. I remember being assigned to write an essay about lions in the 1st grade. It was my first research…
Birthday in Isolation
How do you celebrate your birthday in isolation? This was the question I faced when I realized having an early-May birthday meant celebrating with social…
The Adventures of the Super Kids: Friendly Boy Practices His Powers
Friendly Boy can’t sit still. Where there are friends to be made, he needs to make them. Church is a great place to make friends.…
Series Review: Goblin
A 900-year-old general, unable to die, but no longer quite living. A grim reaper who knows he committed a great sin in his earthly life…
The Hope of Easter
Easter has long been my favorite holiday. As a girl, I loved picking out a new Easter dress, dyeing and hunting for eggs, and getting…
Tips from a Stay-at-Home Mom for Staying at Home
We are living through an unusual time right now in our nation and throughout the world. With the threat of the Coronavirus and many people…
Remember the Audience
A phrase I often heard from high school and college writing teachers was: “Remember your audience.” When writing a story, an article, an essay, an…
PSA: The Half-birthday Problem
There is a problem in our world that affects millions of people every year and most of us don’t realize it. It’s a problem beyond…
Attending the Life, the Universe, and Everything Symposium
Last year, with the support of my husband, Brett, I decided to get more serious about the writing craft, which included attending writing conferences. In…
My Impressions of Andrew Davies’ Sanditon
While watching PBS with my son one Saturday morning a few weeks ago, I saw an advertisement for a new series on Masterpiece: Sanditon. I…