Some Tea, Some Books, and Friendships to Hold Onto
I’ve been blessed in my life with really good friendships. I’ve never been the sort of person who has scads of friends, always making new ones and never growing close to any of them. Instead, I have a small, intimate group of friends that I am always getting to...
Latin and Some Books
Hey y’all! It’s been over a week since I’ve posted anything, which is surprising, even to me. I don’t have a specific thing to write about tonight, so I’m going to bring up a new topic: Latin! If you know me, you know that Latin is my favorite subject...
Planting Seeds
…”The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. Though it is the smallest of all seeds, when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its...
Good Stories and the Brain’s Stewpot
Have you ever stayed up past midnight reading a novel? I have. Multiple times. Usually it’s when I’m reading a new book, one I haven’t read before. If it’s a part of a series, that’s even better, because then I have more to look forward to. Sometimes I wonder...
Little Women: Book/Movie Review
This is the first book/movie review I’m writing, because Little Women is one of my favorite classic novels. If you love the book Little Women like I do, then you either love or hate the movie adaptions of it. If you are a complete perfectionist who won’t watch the...
Prince Pumpernickel the Pitiful and His Heart’s Desire: A Short Story
Once upon a time, in the kingdom of Ulambria, a boy was born. His dim-witted parents, (who just happened to be the King and Queen) named him Prince Pumpernickel the Pitiful. But that was a mistake, because he wasn’t pitiful at all. Nor was he a pumpernickel. But no...
The Little Green Ball: A Short Story
Emery stared blankly at her father, then back at the jar, then at her father again. “It’s not doing anything,” she stated. “Just wait,” said dad, picking up the jar gently and turning it. “See this here? It’s called a cocoon.” He set the jar down again, his eyes...
Short Stories, a Perspective of Wonder, and What To Expect From This Blog
Look at the birds of the air; they do not reap or sow or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Matthew 6:26 I’ve been planning what to write on this blog for a long time, and...
Post-Christmas Blues and God’s Goodness
“…Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.” Matthew 6:33 The beginning of January always makes me think about setting goals and making resolutions. There have been years in the past when I would make long, detailed lists of...
My Secret Identity
“You can never get rid of what is a part of you, even if you throw it away.” Goethe I’ve been making up stories since I knew how to write. I learned to read somewhere between four and five years old, and once I knew how to translate the...