I was flying out of my local airport to the American Christian Fiction Writers conference when I looked down, out my window. I saw the green-blue of the Atlantic. The sandy, foam washed shore. The curve of the horizon as Florida’s edge stretched north beneath floating white clouds. I thought, “People pay lots of money to vacation here. But this …
Remote Island Vacation by Beth Webb Hart
I was a little stumped by this week’s discussion question, “Do you have a vacation spot?” It wasn’t because I don’t have one. In fact, I have two: Edisto Island, SC and Saluda, NC. However, I feel as though I’ve blogged about those ad nauseam over the last couple of years so I had to think harder. Then, it came …
Miscommunicating and Men Genes — A Funny but Gracious Tale
What an interesting week on the porch! As I’ve enjoyed the other belles’ posts and your responses, I picked through my share of miscommunication experiences trying to decide which one I would offer. In the end, I’ve decided to go with a sentimental favorite. This “Who’s on first?” story happened between my dear pastor and myself several years ago but the memory always endears the man to …
Guest Belle Susan M. Boyer
Please welcome author and southern belle, Susan Boyer! Longing for Faith I grew up in Faith, North Carolina, a small town forty-five minutes northeast of Charlotte. It was one of those towns where folks—at that time—didn’t lock their backdoors unless they were going on vacation. Daddy would get put out with Mamma if she did not leave the keys in …
Eat, Pray, Play by Beth Webb Hart
Writers look for connections. Our antenna are always up, twisting this way and that, waiting to receive a message we believe is being transmitted. Hoping to decode it. I was driving my son to preschool today when I noticed the same woman I’ve observed for the last several years who happens to be stepping down from a city bus and …
A Tour of Charleston, SC by Beth Webb Hart
Founded in 1670 and an integral player in both the Revolutionary and the Civil War, Charleston, South Carolina nearly rivals Plymouth, Philadelphia, Jamestown and New York when it comes to the rich tales of America’s inception and history. Because of its storied past, a tourist could literally spend weeks in the Holy City (nicknamed for its sky line of steeples …
How About A Mini-Vacation? from Lisa Wingate
Happy Monday Everyone! If you’re father north than Texas, you may be feeling the first hints of the changing seasons right now, but around here, it feels like endless summer. In Texas, August is an endurance test. I’m ready to head to the mountains, but with a new school year just around the corner, that’s not likely to happen. So… …
I Bow Down by Shellie Rushing Tomlinson
I would stop and think before writing this post but, I honestly don’t know if I would remember to start again, so I think I’ll just jump in and see what happens. August has arrived around here like a bat out of H-E-Double L. (My people are fond of that spelling. You do know it stops just short of cursing, right?) No lazy …
People Watching (from Lisa Wingate)
Remember that stuff that was so popular back in the nineties? We filled baskets with it, tucked it in mason jars, boiled it in sauce pans on the stove. We loved it, but typically, the men in our lives regarded it with questions like, “What’s that smell?” At least they did in my house. If it smells good but isn’t …
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