{Hey subscribers, I sent a newsletter earlier this week with the latest going-on’s so be sure and check your inbox. Some of you took me up on the limited-time freebie so “Yay!” If you missed the offer, don’t worry. More freebie are coming for ya.} Great reads from this past week: In Defense of Beauty, by Alia Joy. Be ready to have your breath taken away when reading the whole article. Here’s...
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When I send private newsletters to subscribers, y’all, readers get whole lotta Texas. It’s like my words flow in a cascade off the cliff of “stage fright”, comfortable and with ease. But then I come here, public and all. I strain for every word. Back-spacing, replacing, and perfecting each sentence. When writing blog posts, I arrange or re-arrange my thoughts. I place words in a logical and smooth...
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Who doesn’t like FREE, new stuff? Giving away things makes the world go ’round, am I right? Maybe not exactly, but you get my drift. Handing out free gifts puts a little joy in your soul. After being sequestered in the writer’s closest, you sorta-kinda-alot just want to bust a move and sing Cyndi Lauper songs. A girl just wants to have fun, eventually. So without further ado: ...
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You need breaks. You need sabbaticals to go and recharge your soul. If God Himself rested on the 7th day, I mean, come on, He’s God and He rested. I’m always in awe of that and also am reminded of how I (we) need to rest, time to time. That’s why I’m taking a blogging break. Plus, I’m re-evaluating my time commitments, you know, because the new year and all. I’ve started working part-time but...
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In Texas, Fall whispers to us with exception of the occasional Scarlet or Shummard Oak, Hickory tree, or the dull yellow of a mangled Bodark. But before change was evident, my family headed west. Years ago, in our apartment in Bad Windshiem, Germany, my husband and I promised ourselves to travel stateside, to be as intentional at home as we were abroad. We’d traveled much of Europe. On the antiquated cobblestone streets...
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