This week brings us to the end of our Table Talker series. Our final question is this:In FIREFLY ISLAND by Lisa Wingate, love at first sight brings a city girl to a remote ranch as a modern day mail order bride. Is there an “out of the box” love story in your family?I guess my out of the box love story …
Dairy of a Writer: I Care About Politics
I think a lot about politics. Not because I’m a junky. I’m not.Nor because I’m a news junky. I’m not. But when I read the Bible, I see politics. I see Jesus as a returning King to judge the nations. I see verses like, “If My people who are called by my name humble themselves and prayer… I will heal …
Strange Love by Beth Webb Hart
An out-of-the-box love story in my family? Yep. I’ve got a doozy. This one is quite bizarre, but since I can’t pick my ancestors – or their romances narratives – you’ll just have to bear with me. Here goes…. My great-great-grandmother grew up in Southport, NC, and at the age of twenty she had two suitors. These two suitors, Mr. …
Dinnertime Conversation Starters Week 10 — Love Unboxed (from Lisa Wingate)
Happy Monday everyone! This week is the last week of our series of Table Talk conversation cards. If you missed the previous cards and want to go back and print them out so you can use them at your family table, or with your book club, or at your next meeting or holiday party, you can get them here: — …
Security Checkpoints Can Pose Problems by Shellie Rushing Tomlinson
I’m not so sure Facebook is all that unusual a way to reunite these days, but the social media site sure springs to mind as I consider this week’s conversation starter supplied by our gracious Belle Tuesday, Beth Webb Hart. Tanya’s friendship request opened up a floodgate of high school memories. I remember grinning when I saw it, almost …
Meeting Up With The Cow Man
After I graduated from Ohio State, I traveled a semester for my sorority, Phi Mu, before landing my first corporate job.There was this guy… isn’t there always?… I’d crushed on my senior year. But after graduation, we’d gone our separate ways. While I traveled with my sorority and later my corporate job, he traveled for a food company.Elsie the Cow …
When Old Friends Find Us
The thing about women is, we change our names when we get married, which can make it hard to find us. Enter Facebook, and a happy friend request I received out of the blue one day with a message that said, “I don’t know if you remember me but…” The message was from my freshman year college suitemate and constant companion that …
Small Worlds and Friendship Tapestries by Beth Webb Hart
Ever cross paths with an old friend in an unusual way? This was a fun question for me to ponder as it came from this overarching story question in my new novel, Moon Over Edisto which will hit stores in February: What if your best friend from college and your father had an affair, broke up your family and …
Diary of A Writer: Crash. And Burn
Well, as you can see it’s been a month of Sunday’s since I blogged here. Why? Busy! Using my words for other things! I had a revelation. Most writers try to blog three times a week. Less some, more others. I blog once a week at Southernbelleview.com and once a week at MybookTherapy.com. Each post takes me about an hour …
Dinnertime Conversation Starters Week 9 — The Amazing Reunions of Pecos Bill
Happy Monday everyone! This week, we’re continuing with our series of Table Talk conversation cards. If you missed the previous cards and want to go back and print them out so you can use them at your family table, or with your book club, or at your next meeting or holiday party, you can get them here: — Conversation Card …