praying, writing, and running – for her life
Sometimes I write about writing
One of the things I miss about Ireland is the connections I made in the writing world. It has taken a while for me to build a network again, but last week I felt like I'd made a some progress. I have to work hard to make time for writing these days. Me and my …
Continue reading Opportunities like buses
Have you ever read the story of the widow and the small jar of oil? You'll find it at the beginning of 2 Kings 4. A woman whose husband had died, was left to deal with his debt. In that place and time, debt that could not be repaid, was dealt with in human life. …
It's World Book Day! I hope you're intending on reading a book today. Here are some suggestions... My book... The Long & The Short of it... my 1st collection of short stories, published at the end of 2013. I'm currently editing my second collection and very excited to release it to the word soon... The …
Greetings folks! So the lurgy that went around did not pass by this house without making its mark. We quarantined ourselves, cancelled our week in Ireland and hid out, taking turns putting the kettle on (depending on who had the most energy). The rest of Jan was catch up time and it's only now that …
I had the blessing of scooting off for two weekends, one after the other, on my own! The first was a weekend in Dublin. I caught up with lots of family, with two dear writing friends, with one of the first Christians ever to make a real impression on me, and I went to a …
Continue reading 2 weekends of inspiration and encouragement
I'm a total disgrace. This post has been sitting in drafts for ages - time has just been whizzing by and my diary has got way too full too quickly lately. So the writing time has again, been pushed to one side. It is now going in the diary, with all the other things, so …
So last week I finally hit -5 stone in weight loss. The first 4 stone were gone in 8 months. It has taken almost 6 months to lose that 5th one. My first big goal is to lose 6 stone so I'm still working towards that. But to finally hit another one down gave me …
