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What Happens Next? by Judith Works

After uncounted rewrites and revisions, I finished my novel, The Measure of Life . I’d exercised the right side of my brain until...

An Ode to Homemade Ice Cream Cathy Shouse

Do you ever look back and miss how we used to stand around and debate the ways to make homemade ice cream? Or maybe that was just my...

Hello, May

May is my favorite month of the year. It's the month of family birthdays and anniversaries, graduations, of baseball games, of mowing the...

How an Author Becomes a Time Traveler Kathryn Hills

It’s been years, yet in some ways it feels like yesterday. Hard to believe it was almost seventeen years ago, in fact, when my life...

AI or the Real Thing?

It was interesting. I didn't have anything to say this morning. I know, I know, that has never stopped me before, but I seriously had...

4 Lessons Learned from 483 Pieces of “Desk” by Susan Harris Howell

My new desk came to me in 483 pieces—slats, panels, and hardware wrapped in plastic bags for “easy delivery and assembly.” My daughter...

All in the Family

At church last week, we served a funeral dinner. We are Methodists, so there was lots of good food. They say you can't cook your way to...

Like the Blue Jay

This was from April of 2023, but was written before that. While I know when I wrote it, I don't actually recall doing it. It was a rough...

Where Hope Abides

Friday Morning It's Friday morning here. Early. The sun was waking up when I came to my office. I said thanks for another day, for a...

Splintered by Time

I had this week's post almost entirely written when I realized if I wouldn't like reading it, why would anyone else. My writing voice...