Seven Angels, Four Kids, One Family
Sometimes sarcasm is the only sane response
Yesterday I posted a piece Ivy Reisner and I co-wrote for The Wittenburg Door. We’ve been critiquing one another’s work for a while, and now her novel Soldier of the Sun: Overthrowing Sebau is published! I’m ridiculously excited about this….
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This appeared in the May/June 2006 issue of The Wittenburg Door (http://www.thedoormagazine.com). Ivy Reisner and I had an absolute blast writing it, and we were both thrilled when The Door snapped it up. She and I also co-wrote “Useless Conference…
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I’ve got a new review of The Boys Upstairs, and I’m very pleased. The Boys Upstairs is a touching but not sentimental Christmas story revolving around two estranged brothers and their painful attempts to come to terms with their past,…
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Since I posted the first one, here’s the second. Please note that I don’t intend for there to be a third, and there is no way I would ever make these to sell. He came out really cute-looking, I think….
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“One of the problems with the internet is that a lot of quotes are misattributed.” -Abraham Lincoln Happy Thanksgiving Day to my US-based readers! This morning at church we heard the Thanksgiving proclamation written by Abraham Lincoln in 1863, and…
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Somehow I end up being somewhat voluntold to knit a Blue Bird Of Angriness for my kiddos. Have you stopped laughing at my plight yet? (The godmother of one of the Kiddos laughed out loud and then choked it back…
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Kiddo#2 asked, “Is there a book that has all those readings in it? You know, the Bible readings from church?” I handed her a Bible and told her to read Mark. But since the Bible is over half a million…
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In one of the neighboring towns I found placards lining the road, begging us to spare their scenic neighborhood from the _______ Power Plant. Curious, I googled it to discover someone wanted to take some unused farm acreage and fill…
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On Twitter over the weekend, someone tweeted a statement opining that people who donate to Occupy Wall Street but have never donated to a food pantry, soup kitchen or homeless shelter are hypocrites. Yes, Twitter is the place where people…
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Some writers on Twitter are offering a sample of their work for #SampleSunday, and I thought I’d offer a snippet of my work The Boys Upstairs. Since it’s coming around to Christmas again, it’s seasonal, so if you got an…
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