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  Widowhood is a Journey   Yep that's Tom...wanted his hair cut short.  Always tried to please him.   This last week of October I usually post something about Tom; A remembrance of this man who had been part of my life for over forty years. He died on October 29.   I’ve written of his last day, our last week.  Conversations and experiences we shared those late days of October 2014.    Those moments are forever burned into my mind…and heart.   Along the way I’ve shared sweet stories of a life well lived.   And on occasion I’ve shared the tragic story…the one where he left this earth. My tragedy. Tom was a believer. Heaven is his new home. It was actually the best day of his life. My worst.   Last year, I experienced on this journey something along the lines of emotional exhaustion. It was hard. The pain of that made me a bit timid about how this year, this sixth anniversary of Tom’s death would unfold.    Widowhood is a jou...

  Bettie Boswell,  On Cue   From time-to-time I’ve had the opportunity to interview authors on my blog. COVID-19 has certainly upset many a plan –but a friend, an author I first met through our Ohio chapter of American Christian Fiction Writers is releasing a book I have heard nothing but great comments about. I decided it was time to connect with her and offer this fun interview. And before my fellow CCU/CBC &S friends ask…yes this is the same Bettie Boswell you know!   Me:  How did you come up with the title for your book,  On Cue ? And by the way, I love the cover.    Bettie:  Oh, thanks. And thanks to my publisher, Mt. Zion Ridge Press. They designed the cover and I love it, too. The story involves a musical production and actors have to come in 'on cue.' I thought that it would be a good title because at the end, when the musical and the romance finally come together, it is right 'on cue.'   Me:  Perfect. Although I met yo...

  Blowing Up Brain Blocks   We all get them. Those times when we feel stuck. Our brain can’t possibly function. Our work suffers. That project can’t seem to get off the ground or an email we should answer gets buried because we simply don’t know what to say.    We often talk about “thinking outside the box” but rarely poke our noses out to see what’s there. We are creatures of habit. We get up at the same time, eat the same foods, and view the same programs on television. We do the same things over and over and we expect different results?    I am a writer. For me, having a brain block means the story in my head never makes it to paper. The clever dialogue I created in my dreams gets lost somewhere between my brain and my keyboard.    What to do when face with a brain block?   Step Away From It   Literally. I like to walk. I like to take advantage of these beautiful autumn days to get my steps in outside. But I find it doesn’t matter if ...

  Blogging…a Journey   Some authors maintain a blog because they have something to say…outside of their books.    Occasionally, a book emerges from a blog. The “Julie/Julia Project,” a blog by Julie Powell was later turned into a memoir and then became the award winning movie  Julie and Julia.  That’s one example. And there are others.   I was  told  at my first writing conference I  had  to blog.    I didn’t even know what a blog was until then. I heard the term, but thought it was some sort of electronic diary. Maybe it is. For some.    I had a hard time keeping up with one of those tiny diaries with a key when I was a child. I tried maintaining a journal as a young mother but that fell by the wayside in favor of keeping up with the laundry.   Still, since my publisher told me I had to have a blog, I knew I would do it. I spent the summer of 2011 “studying” blogging. I enrolled in a free blogging course of...