Strange things have been known to happen at Dan Rice Days.  One year, as I recall, my cousin Susan, my mom and I walked seven miles one afternoon, wanting to walk past Dan Rice’s daughter’s home (that he built for…

DAN RICE DAYS!  What an amazing weekend!  First, a huge thanks to MOM AND JOHN for their gracious and patient hospitality, and to Ron for being at my side the entire time – support, errands, anchor – great job! Sold…

THE BOOKS ARE ON THEIR WAY!  After days of fretting and fussing over their impending arrival, I received an email this evening with tracking numbers.  30 books will be here tomorrow, and 40 more next week.  Now, most of the…

Yesterday I had the privilege of taking Autmn to Camp Christian in Mill Run, PA.  It was fun to help her get settled into her bunk in the dorms, watch her pass her swim test for the deep end, and…

Since it’s throw-back Thursday I thought I’d go back a bit myself – not to Mary’s and Daniel’s lives but to my own. The photo is of me when I was maybe two years old, standing in front of our…

You can imagine my surprise and delight last night when I went to the wingsepress.com site to order more books.  I looked at the featured new releases for July (mine had been June), and scrolled casually down the page.  I…

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…