Sanity
Here’s my most recent piece of “flash fiction” written for my Creative Writing Masters Program. Enjoy! Sanity Mom liked to say: “Everyone is crazy, except thee and me. And I’m not so sure about thee.”...
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Faith in God
I love history and I enjoy looking back at where we’ve come from – be it the 1660s with Samuel Pepys and Charles II or the 1770s with Jane Austin and her clear-eyed look at the sense and sensibilities...
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The Blessed
In this troubled world where it seems that there are very few heroes left, except the imaginary ones, it is nice to come across a real, beautifully valiant spirit. I was reading The Knights of Columbus...
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Websites for a Better World
There are a number of great websites which do a lot to make this world a bright, happier, more loving place. I came across one the other day. It’s called: Habits to Discover Success. There is a lot...
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Life in Lent
I have noticed a definite trend as I move through the homeschool week… On Monday morning I am speaking in active sentences packed with spelling words, circulating around the room, radiating energy and...
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The Adventures of Tally-Ho
While my husband was alive, we came up with a great idea to write a story based on the wonder of raising our kids in the country. It seemed so right, like an apostolate. We knew we had been blessed in...
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Lest We Forget
I came across this poem in my daughter’s reading book today. It is a powerful reminder of lessons learned…and forgotten. Written by Rudyard Kipling for Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee in 1897, it...
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The Million Faceted Crystal
Guest Post: By T. E. Frailey: A Young Person’s Vision In Charles Dickens’ Tale of Two Cities, Chapter Three, entitled: The Night Shadows, he wrote, “A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human...
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James Milford Parker III
I got a request to put this out. So here is one of my short stories. James Milford Parker III Death James Milford Parker III stared at the gravestone with his name etched out in block print and...
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Dying for Revenge – Book Review
Dying for Revenge: The Lady Doc Murders Book 1 The Lady Doc Murders: Dying for Revenge by Dr. Barbara Golder has seriously messed up my sleep patterns. With eight kids there is little chance that I...
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