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Have you noticed that every January an epidemic of posts about how to organize your life and manage your time populates blogs?
I blame calendars.
How can we resist the urge to plan better when faced with a pristine new calendar filled with panoramas of places we'd love to visit, or with scrumptious images of dishes we'd love to try, or adorable pictures that make us smile every time we look at

I don't know about you, but for me, this past year felt as though it zipped by. Even my youngest thinks so, although my eldest…not so much. 
I guess not having the luxury of sleeping through the night in almost nine months would skew anyone's perception.

When my children were young, I'd write a little note to my children each night to share something cute they'd done or said, or to tell of

I couldn't resist sharing a picture of our very own Canadian (the birthplace of hockey, eh?) shepherd keeping watch over her fields. *grin* 

I pray you all enjoy a blessed Christmas. 

I am taking a break from blogging over the holidays and will be back to my regular Monday, Wednesday and Friday schedule beginning January 2nd. Hope to see you then.

In the meantime, I wanted to share a poem by

This week my pup won a best actor award for her portrayal in my daughter's stunt video for a college course. (Not sure what that says about the rest of the actors in the video, but...Bella does tend to steal the show.) Click below to view a clip.






In the actual movie clip, she closed her eyes and didn't complain about being wounded while going down. But ah, these temperamental actors. This

Congratulations to the winners of Stephanie Guerrero's debut novel Shades of the Orient. 

The winner of the signed print copy is Loree Huebner!

The winner of the Ecopy is Victoria Dixon!

Please contact Stephanie at [email protected] with your mailing information (or myself at the link near the top of right  hand column) Thank you to all who visited. 

If you have a Kindle, Shades of the

I finished the quilt for my grand daughter!!!

What do you think? It's made of doubled flannelette squares so that both sides show the design. The back of the quilt (on the left) are smooth seams, while the front (right side of photo) have the seams and edges all clipped for a raggedy effect.

I just know my ever inquisitive little one is going to love fluttering her fingers through those frills.

Last week I "met" a new author Stephanie Guerrero. I haven't had a chance to read her book, but the setting--the Orient--intrigued me so I invited her hero over for an interview.

But first let me tell you a little about Stephanie. She holds her bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary studies specializing in reading. A former middle school teacher, this pastor's wife and home-school mom of 4 kids

After getting sidetracked last week by my Christmas going-ons, I want to get back to our character conversations.

Since Christmas is only two weeks away, I've drawn today's question from Hope White's November Love Inspired Suspense Christmas Haven.

It's a story about a woman who left her small hometown and high school sweetheart to become a social worker in the city. She knew her sweetheart's

Do ever go through phases of doing things?

My Christmas decorations are a pictorial record of many of my "craft" phases.

There was the "needlepoint phase"

The cross-stitch phase

The applique phase


The painting phase

Not to mention, the dried flower arranging phase, the knitting phase, the crocheting phase, and probably a few more I've long forgotten.

My writing has gone through phases,