Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah!

by | Dec 23, 2014 | giveaway

Dear Readers & Visitors to my blog, I appreciate you! Thanks for stopping by! Recently, I watched the 1946 movie Great Expectations on TV. I’d read the Charles Dickens novel about ten years ago & was surprised to find I preferred the black-and-white movie. The...

Amish Cozy Mysteries

by | Dec 16, 2014 | Uncategorized

Please give a warm welcome to my guest, Vanetta Chapman. Murder Tightly Knit releases today (December 16), and I thought I’d share with you a little bit about the genre of Amish cozy mysteries. This is the second book in my Amish Village Mystery series—the first was...

Too Stressed to Be Blessed?

by | Nov 18, 2014 | Holidays

“I usually have my Christmas shopping done by now,” a girlfriend told me last week. My stomach lurched. “Really?” I was astounded, because I knew she wasn’t shipping overseas. I was just happy we’d purchased a birthday gift for our grandson, who’s about to turn six....

Why Not Do an Amish Christmas at your House?

by | Oct 28, 2014 | amish

Please welcome Murray Pura. The tree in our house goes up right after Hallowe’en on November 1st, which some Christians celebrate as All Saints Day. And because Hallowe’en really means Holy Evening, and was meant to be a night of prayer and worship in anticipation of...

Boys versus Girls

by | Oct 14, 2014 | Uncategorized

When our two sons were young, a neighborhood friend, mother of three boys, hosted an annual party for mothers of boys only. It was a popular occasion, filled with laughter and wild tales of the shenanigans our sons had instigated. By the time these young men graduated...