A fellow Florida writer, Kristy Dykes, and her husband graciously treated me to lunch this afternoon. They were in town to attend a funeral. It was good to catch up with her and talk “shop.” While we are eating and talking, I look up and there’s this really hansome, familiar face coming my way. It was Jeremy Emerson! I couldn’t …

It’s Friday. Don’t you just love Fridays? I do. Not sure why, though. Old habit, I guess. Chris Schoff and his son, Raul are here for a few days. It is always good to have them around. Chris is like a brother. The American Christian Fiction Writers conference is coming up in a few weeks. I’m driving my Cabrio to …

So, there’s Jesus, talking to the multitudes and the day is getting late, ya know? So, His disciples nudge Him and say, “Send the people away for food and lodging. We’re out in the middle of no where.” Jesus looks at them. “You give them something to eat.”“Um, Master, lookit,” they say, “all we got is five loaves and two …

. . . I don’t know if it matters that I wasted $15 tonight on a movie, popcorn, candy and a large Diet. Yet I did.I saw “Must Love Dogs” with Chelle while Tony and some of the kids went to see “The Great Raid.” It was a cute movie, not $7.50 cute, and John Cusack’s performance was the only …

I love this chorus my “daughter” Cassie sang when she was here during the In The Fire Conference. It’s an exhortation from the Lord to us.“If you want to love Me, listen to Me. You gotta let Me love you first.” Isn’t that a great song from the heart of God? So true, too! It’s almost impossible to love Him …

I sit to write in my blog, but cannot think of anything to write. I had a bunch of thoughts earlier this week, but was too busy or too tired to write them down. Now, they are lost forever. Today was hottttt! Go figure, I live in Florida. But I cannot remember when it was this hot. Ok, yeah, several …

I’ve been reading a few blogs on writing the last few days. Very interesting. I keep thinking, “I don’t want to discuss it or write about it, I want to do it!” I learn a lot from reading. I’m reading Colleen Coble and Charles Martin right now. Simultaneously. Very different books. Very different styles, but I love them both. Mostly …

Today was a relaxed day. I slept in and read some, road my bike, prayed, talked to my friend Renee, started laundry, wrote 2k words on a story that is not even a Work In Progress (WIP) but wanted to get my ideas on paper. The story was birthed during my prayer time and I felt I needed to capture …

I love my husband! (it’s 2:00 a.m. and he’s letting me take his picture after a looooonnng conference weekend. See…. )

Hi all. Just want you to know our new pool is open and you can come by for a swim. Here’s some of our guests swimming.