to look a lot like Christmas. This week we got our tree up and my snow village out, and the nativity set unboxed and it’s indeed starting to look like Christmas in the Peterson house. My son Erik decorated the tree and even set up my village. It seemed important to him, so I let him have complete freedom. He …
Life At Its Best
Life at its best for me is one that is heavily dosed with family and friends. I’m so blessed to have a good share of both and there’s nothing like the holiday season for reminding me of how precious they are to me. Thanksgiving always brings me thoughts of what it means to be truly thankful for the people in …
The Babies at My House
No, I’m not giving my hubby or mother a hard time. They aren’t the babies at our house. The babies I’m talking about are our kitties. Since I’m traveling this week, I thought I’d just share a short and simple look at our house.With our beloved collie gone, we have put off getting another dog until spring and the kitties …
Thanks you Veterans
I just want to take this day to thank Veterans for what they’ve done for us. In fact, I want to give a special shout out to my uncle Paul who served on a B-17 during World War II. You can see his picture below. Veterans Day was yesterday, but frankly I think we need to doff our caps to …
Never Say Never
You know how they say you should “Never say never?” Well…generally I would agree with that, but there are some things that I think I can say, “I will never….” For instance: Gold Lame’ I can pretty confidently say I will never buy gold lame’ clothing – at least not willingly. And how about a boar’s head. Nope – not …
Keeping Up
Sorry for missing my blog last week. I was swamped and totally forgot until it was well into the day. Hopefully, that won’t happen again. I had a great time at the Women’s Event at the 1st Alliance Church in Great Falls, MT and wanted to share a little bit with you. There were about 80 people in attendance. The …
New Series – New Book
Yes, EMBERS OF LOVE is finally available. This new book in the STRIKING A MATCH series is #1 of three books that will come out over the next year. I had such a great time researching this series. Set in the late 1800’s East Texas, this series deals with the yellow pine logging industry. While in Texas we did research …
All In The Family
No, not the television show. I came across some family notes as I was cleaning out a desk drawer the other day. My cousin keeps a genealogy and while I’ve never had too much time for such things, I cherish the information given me by others. You see, my situation is kind of strange. I have information about my mother’s …
Busy Busy
Sorry to have been absent, but I’ve been busy! Last week I had book signings in Columbus and Greenwood, IN and then Jim (my hubby of nearly 31 years) and I taught basic writing at a conference in Indianapolis at the national American Christian Fiction Writers conference. We had such a great time. Above, I am at one of the booksignings …
Olympic National Park
I love national parks and Olympic National Park was no exception. We have been blessed to have wise forefathers who set aside land for national parks. If you get a chance to visit the Olympic Peninsula of Washington state, I highly recommend it. With Judy Miller, Cathy Hake and our dear friend Merrill DeGroot in tow, I found myself so …
