Happy, happy birthday to my Mom, Dorothy Graves – the motivation and encourager behind LETTERS TO MARY!  Mom and my aunt Joan (Mom’s on the left) are officially part of the SKUNK HOLLOW GIRLS, in fact the ORIGINAL Skunk Hollow…

After a day of working 2 (really 3!) jobs, I came home to take my walk a little later than I normally would.  As I finished up, coming down Wren Drive, I was captivated by the drama of the sky. …

It seems like forever since I’ve posted here!  We spent the weekend in Albion with my mom and John.  Ron and I took Autmn and Chrissy north with us, and we all went to Raccoon park on Lake Erie.  The girls had a…

Last fall I spent an afternoon pulling weeds and cleaning up flower beds at my daughter’s house.  The older two boys – Peyton and Logan – were in school, but Chase was still at home.  I think he looks like…

Here is the house that Charlie built!  My parents still live in this house, one that Charlie built for his wife, Annie, and the one in which Mary spent her last years. It’s amazing to me how much history is…

Yesterday I spent the entire day at my daughter’s home helping to get the house organized.  We were everywhere from the attic to the basement (Matt’s territory!) and all places in between.  I was designated weed-puller – which is playing in the…

Almost 240 years ago, men and women who were no different than you and I set their hearts and minds on making the 13 colonies a separate nation.  Much sacrifice was made, many battles were fought; families were alienated from…

Last Friday night we had the 42-author book signing at Seton Hill in conjunction with the IN YOUR WRITE MIND writer’s conference.  It was amazing to me to be part of that for the first time in the ten-plus years we…

This photo does it little justice, but the view from the top of Denton on my morning walk was so tranquil and amazing.  The hills, the houses hidden in the mist (almost like Brigadoon!), and the quiet of the early…

We are right in the middle of the Seton Hill IN YOUR WRITE MIND writing conference on the Hill.  Published authors from every genre, including agents and editors looking for promising new material, get together to workshop, study, teach, and…