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Family Traditions Ringing Bros.
“The circus, the circus, I love the circus!” Okay, who doesn’t, (can you guess what Disney movie that’s from?) And no one does the circus better than Ringling Bros. I can’t remember my first Ringling Bros. circus, but I do remember the excitement and awe of watching the high wire and traipse acts! Not to…
FIRST: The Summer the Wind Whispered My Name by Don Locke
It is time for the FIRST Blog Tour! On the FIRST day of every month we feature an author and his/her latest book’s FIRST chapter! The feature author is: Don Locke and his book: The Summer the Wind Whispered My Name NavPress Publishing Group (August 2008) ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Don Locke is an illustrator and…
Sign Up for My Newsletter! INTERLUDE!
Since I’m a little techno challenged and haven’t figured out how to put one of those handy little newsletter sign ups in the side bar yet, I’ll have to do it the old fashioned way and ask you to email me at portraitwriter (at) gmail (dot) com if you’d like to receive my newsletter. If…
Obama & Abortion: What do you Think?
I don’t want to be throwing around false information, if it’s not true, but these videos are very compelling. WARNING! GRAPHIC VIDEO OF ABORTED BABIES! I dare you not to be moved after watching this! I really wanted to put the video here on my blog, but thought the still image was too much for…
Take Courage
The storm must have whipped up so quickly they didn’t even have time to lower the sails. It was a pleasant evening; all was going well. They were just supposed to cross the sea, not battle the forces of nature. But plans changed. Dark storm clouds climbed across the sky like a pack of hungry…
Clean Your Laundry with Fruit!
That’s right! Fruit! It’s a new Green way to clean laundry. Well, actually it’s not new. People have been using this fruit to clean for centuries. Then how come I’m just learning about it! Laundry Tree has a product called Soap Nuts (really fruit) that cleans an entire load of laundry with about three pieces…
House Happenings: We’re Moving! Part 2
Well, the inspections didn’t tell us anything we didn’t already except, just from observations and talking with our realtor. It needed a new roof, three heating and air systems (told you it was BIG,) the air ducts had some rust in them, it was on a septic system, the yard needed some tree removal, needed…
Only 24 Hours in My Day
Idyllic perfectly describes our summer. Plenty of time to hang out together, garden, entertain, plan camping trips with friends. I have to admit, one of the biggest perks of summer, to me, is just plain “time” out. Time to keep the house clean, for instance. Then another school year begins. The alarm clock moves back…
House Happenings: We’re Moving! Part 1
I think it’s about time I update this blog on what’s happening on the Home Front. We’re moving, in less than a month. When did we find out, about three weeks ago and we’ve been frantically packing and painting to put our house on the market. The whole thing is such a God thing and…
My Summer Vacation: A Photo Essay
I’ve really been meaning to write so more details about our trip to Orlando, visiting the Holy Land (in Orlando,) St. Augustine and drinking from the Fountain of Youth. But these photos will have to suffice for now! ICRS: Meeting great authors and cool friends! Susan May Warren, prolific writer and blogger at Writer…Interrupted Amy…