Tonight our older dog Pal died. I was in my office writing, and as usual, Pal and Lola were in here with me. It’d been a good day for the dogs, a few trips outside, some barking at dogs and people passing by the window. Breakfast and dinner, plus a few treats. I noticed Pal laying on the floor off …
Wild Goose Chase by Mark Matterson
Mark Batterson, a pastor and author of Wild Goose Chase, also wrote the best selling In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day. I found this book interesting, full of inspiring stories and insight. However, I disagree wholeheartedly on his take on prayer. Batterson writes, “It’s time to quit praying.” I don’t know about y’all but I’ve been …
Hurricane Fay
It’s a gloomy, Yankee day in central Florida. Hurricane Fay is moving across the state and expected to exit over our county. There’s rain with wind gusts, but I’ve seen worse. The power went out for a few hours. When I saw the FPL guy coming to fix the thingy-bob, I opened the window and cheered! He deserved to be …
This is for you, Lisa
Lisa commented on my last post she’s crunched to get her lesson plans ready for the school year, then asked, “How do you handle things when a deadline is staring you in the face, Rachel?” Well, Lisa, I do what you do. Freak. Eat chocolate, drink Diet Coke, run out for a sandwich. Pray. A lot. I always start out …
Okay, just for fun, just for pretend
What else would you like to do in life? If you could do anything, and do it well, what would you do? I’m talking, you, right now, with all your same life experiences. Same family, so town, same friends, same journey. No, you’re not suddenly daughter or son of Prince Charles. Or Bill Gates. You’re you. And if some how, …
Oh what a fun wedding reception
Elizabeth, me, Carrie, Tony and Sheree. Tony and me being clowning around. Our good friend Javier, pastor and worship leader extraordinaire also moonlighting as DJ for the wedding. I dedicated Diva Nashvegas to him. He’s married to gorgeous Brenda.
Sweet, Sweet Caroline, you go girl!
Good news! I came home from walking the dogs to find an email from the publicist at Thomas Nelson. She wrote, “Rachel, good news. Sweet Caroline hit the EPCA Bestseller List!” (translation: EPCA is Christian retailers) Woo hoo! The dear “girl” hit number 17 of the top 50 overall – which includes fiction and non fiction. And top 5 in …
Think of a time…
…. in history when the media/people/leaders swooned over a political leader/candidate. Claimed they felt electric and excitement. That “you just have to see him in person.” What scares me about Obama is the media is so messmerized by him they are not looking behind the man, thinking, asking the deep, hard questions. I don’t feel electric when I think of …
Okay…
I’m sick. Yes. I have some kind of soar throat, no voice thing going on and it happens every time I go to a conference or writer’s event. Well, almost happens every time. What up? I’m getting a little better, but still sluggish and not in favor of talking much. Maybe that’s a good thing. I’d rather be known for …
Welcome Marlo Schalesky and Beyond The Night
Beyond the Night By Marlo Schalesky Amazon Link: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1601420161 Publisher: Waterbrook-Multnomah, a division of Random HouseMarlo’s website: www.marloschalesky.com The Blurb: They say love is blind.This time they’re right… As a woman lies unconscious in a hospital bed, her husband waits beside her, urging her to wake up and come home. Between them lies an ocean of fear and the tenuous …