History, Real Life, and Faith
Who knew writing could be done by real paper? I was playing on the floor in Bruce Zike’s bedroom when I learned that “real” people wrote for publication. Real people in the sense of the neighbor’s mom getting what I –15 years later–learned was called a “by-line” in a magazine. Tracy ran in waving the magazine for us to admire….
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Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum was the first book I ever owned. I found it recently and ran my hands down the well-loved cover, remembering. It was the first book in my personal book collection, I received Ozma of Oz as a gift for my seventh birthday, along with Nancy Drew #2, The Hidden Staircase. I gave away all…
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How to cull books from your house.
It’s wonderful to meet loved ones in a foreign land. I dropped my son off at the airport for his final quarter at the University of Washington and laughed with glee. “See you in Paris!” He grinned back. “Right.” His graduation gift was a trip to Paris and London with a side outing to the beaches of Normandy. We had a…
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Several years ago I traveled to South America to attend a family wedding and there I caught a glimpse of heaven. As my husband, daughter and I flew southeast from San Francisco, then further south, the culture changed from the friendly color of Costa Rica, to the financial powerhouse of Panama to the sultry drama of the world’s center of…
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Most of our Thanksgiving dinner celebrations look like the mob on the left. Those are my Sicilian relatives and Thanksgiving is the annual reunion. My nuclear family makes it to dinner with them every couple years, but we know we’re always invited. Indeed, this year half of my family attended and I autographed copies of my book! During our Navy…
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