Needless to say, I am so excited about the next five novels I am going to read. I wish I could read them all at once, but I at some point have to make a choice. Hopefully, you will find something that interests you here. Let's begin with For Love and Honor by Jody...

I am writing this blog while under a tornado watch in north Louisiana. The rain on our tin roof softens the ominous threat as the lightning flashes across the sky, making the tall trees appear as skeletons. The rain is bathing the ground carpeted with an abundant...

Happy Easter! He is Risen! If we have been united with Him in a death like His, we will certainly also be united with Him in a resurrection like His.-- Romans 6:5   Christ the Lord is risen today, Alleluia! Sons of men and angels say: Alleluia! Raise your joys...

Happy first weekend in spring! The weather is perfect in north Louisiana--80 degrees, windy, pollen, dogwood, azaleas. And I love sitting outside writing and reading. I know not all parts of the states have the same weather--perhaps it is on its way. As I write in my...

Have you ever taken a staycation instead of a vacation? Well, I just finished a five-day staycation during my spring break from teaching school. Usually, my husband and I take a week and go somewhere fun, such as last year to Charleston, South Carolina. Many of my...

In my reading of fiction, I often run across reading material that the characters reference, quote, or use for entertainment. After all, before television and the computer, many hours were spent with an open book, newspaper, or magazine as well as letters of...