A Quiet Corner of a Busy World
My family has been enjoying Season 1 of Andor! (If you liked Rogue One, you should give Andor a try.) Following the story of Cassian Andor, it is set "long ago" while the empire slowly tightens their grip, slowly removes rights and liberties from peoples and planets, slowly becomes a totalitarian state. It is terrifying! [...]
Last weekend, I had the opportunity to attend HopeWords Writer's Conference in Bluefield, WV. It was the first weekend I've been away since I started my new job last summer. I typically have to work over the weekends checking emails and texts so this was a big deal! I was so thankful to my team [...]
The pot on the stove was simmering and the hearty smell of lamb and potatoes wafted through the house. The bathrooms were clean. Books, papers, and craft projects had been corralled into the art room. At the risk of being too cliché, I almost felt like dancing with the broom while sweeping the front porch. [...]
Some of you might have seen the news on social media, but in case you missed it, The Rabbit Room published one of my articles this week! You can read it here. I regularly enjoy Rabbit Room content so was honored that my work was accepted. And...if you remember a few weeks ago I said [...]
I participated in November Poem-A-Day for the first time in 2022. I only participated about half of the days, but a few poems turned out nicely! One of the prompts from the Poetry Pub called two things to mind: a personal experience and a beautiful poem by Christina Rossetti. I chose to "steal like an [...]
An exciting thing happened yesterday. One of my poems was published to an online publication called Calla Press! You can read it here. This is the first time my work has been published beyond my personal blog and small, private publications. And...Calla Press is including another one of my poems in their annual print journal [...]
Pulling up to the window, Bri stuffed a wad of $1s, several inches thick, into an envelope. She yawned as she signed her deposit slip on the steering wheel. “Good afternoon, Bri-Anne. How are you today, honey?” The voice crinkled through the speaker as the teller drawer shot open. Bri smiled at the lady whose [...]
It's been two years since I was introduced to the Rabbit Room, but I placed an order for the first time a few weeks ago. I started to get excited when I received texts of "diligent minions" and "items of great and terrible import" being "dispatched from a clandestine lair." I was so drawn in [...]
This week, as part of the Kids Ministry staff, I was asked to look through some children's books in my church's small library and resource center to help decide if they should be kept or discarded. I was also asked for recommendations for new children's books and I'm excited about that too! I used this [...]
9:00 am: I hadn’t been hiking in the nine months that I had lived in Guadalajara, but now, I was filling up a knapsack with water, lunch, snacks, camera, sunscreen, and extra socks. I was so ready for a break from the city! My American friend, Bev, and I only had to wait a half [...]
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