Update: What the Mighty Mississippi Did This Spring
Many of you will remember that this past spring my small town was living under the threat of a main levee break, even as water flooded over an older levee that protected a number of area farms. I wrote about it here. Sunday evening we drove out to see the damage firsthand from where the old levee gave way as work is to begin this week on filling
How Well Do You Know Sue Ellen?
Hey y'all-- I recently joined Goodreads and I'm trying to find my way around that community to visit with readers whenever I can manage to grab a spare second-- but I'm treading lightly, yes I am. See, I recieved one of those interesting autoresponder "author not to-do email" when I signed up (apparently they've had authors who stalk the poor readers-- hence the need for the rules, which makes
Where were you… 9/11/2001
It's familiar in the most painful way, this need to wring my thoughts out onto the page, that I might see them clearer, that I might remember that day and pay my respects to those who lost their lives. But again, like so many times in the last decade
Butter beats Wart Hog Handsdown!
I had so much fun with this week's video that I thought I'd post it here on the blog too-- just in case y'all haven't discovered my website. I hope you enjoy~
Ignorance Must Be Relative
Sam and Betty Ann have been married about five years now. That’s about four and a half years longer than most people expected. You would have to know these two to understand. I think Sam and Betty Ann love each other. We all do, but they fight like cats and dogs. They always have, from the moment Sam passed her a note in third grade
LifeGivers
Unless a grain of wheat dies it won't produce a harvest. Likewise, in dying to self we can become a life giving spirit.
Purple Pink Dock Devotions
Hey y'all, brief post here, but I wanted to make good on that pic promise I made y'all a couple mornings ago. That would be when I just absolutely had to stop and twitter/facebook y'all about Father tinging the lake in purple and pink during my my early morning dock devotions. Please do not adjust your color monitor. :) This is His work and it's as unrivaled as