Picture Books

Picture Books

My genre was never picture books for children! I wrote historical fiction and other Christian fiction. With my grandchildren grown and at present no hope of great-grandchildren, it didn’t seem to beckon me. However, when my Christmas poem about a little mouse raised...
Baja Song

Baja Song

I guess I’m in a poetry mood this month! I always thought the desert was pretty barren of life, but our days in Baja showed me differently. The gusts of sand roll past the alkali heath, and the jackrabbit hurries away. The iguana pulls down the shades of his eyes, as...
Loss

Loss

August 31st would have been our wedding anniversary, but Frank passed away 6 years ago. He was 91 and lived a full and interesting life, also serving in the Navy for 30 years. He retired as a Commander 12 years before we met, but as the saying goes; You can take the...
The Festival of Arts

The Festival of Arts

Sometimes called the Pageant of the Masters, it is an amazing event held in the beach town of Laguna Beach. It brings in thousands of tourists every summer in the months of July and August. This year is the 90th year of the Pageant. Not only are there interesting...
Prayer Group Fellowship

Prayer Group Fellowship

The prayer group that meets at my home on Tuesday mornings, has been going almost ten years. It’s hard to believe. We started out with around 10 and now there are 6 of us who meet every week. We were meeting at a church, but there was a preschool on the premises that...
Nostalgia

Nostalgia

Talking with someone from the singles group that met years ago at a church I attended I happened to think of a gentleman I met there years ago. Hadn’t thought of him in years. He came in answer to the ad I placed with the church office for a room I wanted to rent out....