On Friday, I went down to West Alex (PA) to spend the day shopping with my daughter.  We were in three states within several hours:  spending money, creating a ‘wish’ list, munching on Peanut Butter M&M’s, lunching at Wendy’s, spending…

Last Sunday I had the privilege of speaking at West Overton Museum about my book, LETTERS TO MARY.  It was humbling to have so many people there to hear the story of Daniel’s letters, see some of the photos and…

Last Friday evening, my friend Joni and I acted as ushers at the Ligonier Theatre for their production of HARVEY.  It was the opening production of the 50th anniversary season for the theatre, and they celebrated by having members of the…

Just taking a few minutes to remind everyone that I will be at the West Overton Museum and Village in Scottdale, PA, on Sunday November 9th at 2PM.  I will be talking about LETTERS TO MARY – the inception of…

Well, it’s almost Trick or Treat time again.  In my neighborhood, there are huge numbers of kids, all decked out in costumes, all toting plastic pumpkins, carrying sacks, or lugging around empty pillowcases.  The amount of candy collected and consumed…

It has been AGES since I have been on here. A series of crazy events has kept me occupied away from the social media sights for the most part, but I’m working towards being more devoted to the site! Just…

On top of spending the weekend with my parents, Sunday afternoon I took the drive up to Altoona to be part of a wedding celebration that truly was a joy to share. My son-in-law’s older sister, Kim, married the man…

Over the past weekend my family took a trip up to Albion to visit my parents.  In addition to my sister Kathy, her daughter Sarah and my granddaughter Autmn traveled with us.  Autmn was the expert photo-taker, but I took…

Last week at the middle school where Autmn attends they designated one of the days as ‘Nerd Day’.  Now, I’m not really totally sure exactly what this mean as a whole, but apparently Autmn and Jen (her morning care-giver) did. …

When my daughter Kelly was four (she’s married now with 3 boys!), she and I took a long walk in the cabin woods that fall and plundered for nature’s goodies.  We found pine cones, walnuts, acorns, hickory nuts, grapevines, flower pods. …