Finding the Magic Wherever You Are
My best friend Misty’s idyllic farmstead, next to the Red River, flooded a few weeks ago. I called her home, and the line beeped as if her phone was off the hook. I tried her cell phone and left a
Going the Distance
Barn swallows are writing invisible calligraphy in the azure sky, and the unglaciered hills in the distance are brilliant, summer green. Hummingbirds are sipping nectar from the purple flower baskets hanging from the eaves. An abandoned windmill, in the next
Setting Our Broken World Right
This afternoon, as we waited for the results of my husband’s MRI and CAT scan, I looked around at the light flooding through Mayo Clinic’s wall of windows, at the pigeons pecking the flat roof of the building below, at
The Ring
My sister-in-law, for my twenty-ninth birthday, mailed me a tiny gold ring inset with a freshwater pearl. Her cards are always the best—each square inch of paper filled with words of encouragement—and in that card she told me I was
Why We’re Moving Back
Today, Father’s Day, seems the appropriate time to write that our family is moving back to Tennessee, because the reconciliation of family is what’s driving this return. Before we moved to Wisconsin in November 2014, I stood in the carport with
Radio interview, Writer’s Digest guest post, and more!
Hello, friends! Well, it's starting to feel like summer, isn't it? :) We just got back from a lovely trip to Tennessee, where I officially launched The Alliance, my third book baby, with signings at Burdett's Tea Shop & Trading Co.,
You’re Invited to The Alliance Launch Party!
Afternoon, dear ones! A few months ago, I had an idea to collaborate with my entrepreneur mama friends to launch my third novel, The Alliance. We are all working from home; we are all trying to juggle laundry, child-rearing, cooking, and
Interview with Pamela King Cable, author of The Sanctum
I think it was back in 2009 when I met Pamela King Cable for the first time. She was giving a speech on her novel, Televenge, at the Southern Festival of Books, and I was utterly transported by her words and
The Alliance Book Trailer
A few weeks ago, my friend, Jessica, came over to our farm. Jessica and I met last summer when I stopped to buy sweet corn at her adorable roadside stand. I soon discovered that Jessica is a creative soul with
Hope Springs Eternal
Hope springs eternal in the human breast; Man never is, but always to be blessed: The soul, uneasy and confined from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come. – Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man My parents flew in from Tennessee on Friday. After I tucked my girls in bed, I pushed open the door to step out on the porch when I heard my mom say into her