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…

Well, for all of you who are keeping track, today is 6 months from Christmas day!  I mentioned this to my boss this morning; he is always reminding me; I beat him to the punch! He said I’d better call…

Ron and I went to a grad party for my boss’s son on Saturday, and on the way home saw this little lady walking around the field.  We stopped and took photos through the window.  She just looked at us…

Last weekend when the Skunk Hollow Girls were at my mom’s, we had the great honor and privilege of being taken on a ‘history tour’ back to the foundation of the original Cole homestead (Mary’s home).  I had imagined that…

  This has been an amazing week so far!  With VBS every night and so many activities, I have been on the run. Yesterday was made extra special by the enormous art project that my granddaughters and their friends created…