Kate's Blog

With Thanksgiving around the corner, I notice the stores are plunging into the so-called holiday season (really Christmas and Chanukah), a time where gifts are exchanged aplenty. People spend, spend, spend, and often find goodies they’d like for themselves. I know, I...

Northwest Sunrise As I've mentioned before, I don't particularly like change. For example, it always takes me weeks to make the shift from “daylight savings” to “regular” time. I keep checking the clocks to make sure they’re right and I’m not running late. Or is that...

Greetings, everyone! Care to take a drive through Amish Country with me? Several fabulous shops under one roof in Intercourse, PA. Expansive Farm An Amish Buggy - we're getting there A colorful farm What better way to spend your day? If you haven't already, please...

My mother cautioned me to never tell anyone—other than the postal carrier and trusted neighbors and friends—when I left for the weekend or on a vacation. That’s why I didn’t peep a word about our wonderful trip to Lancaster County ahead of time or post photos of the...

“What do you want to do for our anniversary this year?” my husband asked me over dinner. In the past, instead of exchanging gifts, we’ve gone shopping together and purchased a household item both of us could enjoy. One year a brass lamp, another a refrigerator … not...

Greetings everyone! Do you wish you were more creative? Have you read Marguerite's uplifting story? Here is your chance for FREE!David C. Cook has selected A Portrait of Marguerite for inclusion in their eBook promotions.They are making the eBook available for FREE...

As the temperature dips and autumn makes way for winter, I often think of quilts as I snuggle into bed at night to read. I notice more and more novels with the word quilt in their title and the theme of quilting weaving its way through the story. I wrote one of those...

Please welcome my guest author, Pam Jarrell.It’s a chilly Fall morning here in West Virginia and I am excited that I do not have to rush through anything…yet. And I am equally excited (and honored) to be guest blogging for Kate Lloyd. Kate has asked that I share “My”...