History, Real Life and Faith
We’ve been married a long time and my husband and I have found equilibrium in our foibles, but he still gets impatient when I voice fear–particularly about things that aren’t likely to happen. Some of that is our character–he’s a former steely-eyed killer of the deep, a professional military officer, a risk-taking businessman who trusts in the Lord. I try…
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Four generations of spitting images, that is. I’ve been with my adorable grandchildren this week and yesterday watched my four-year-old grandson build a “house” out of cardboard, chairs, a wheelbarrow, plastic child’s car, two pieces of plastic and a lot of imagination. He described what he was doing the whole time, explaining the need to keep raccoons out of his…
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Point of view has dominated my thoughts since I attended a writer’s conference recently. Among writers, point of view is one of the primary things to consider when writing a novel—determining whose eyes and thoughts to use in telling the story. But point of view is important in real life as well, particularly when looking at two important passages in…
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I’m married to a logical, reasonable man who grew up in a nuclear family with plenty of older sisters but not many other relatives. He likes quiet and order and is perfectly happy to spend time thinking and reading by himself. He had the (mis?)fortune to marry me–a woman who grew up in an Italian family devoted to relationships. We…
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I’m married to a logical, reasonable man who grew up in a nuclear family with plenty of older sisters but not many other relatives. He likes quiet and order and is perfectly happy to spend time thinking and reading by himself. He had the (mis?)fortune to marry me–a woman who grew up in an Italian family devoted to relationships. We…
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My father-in-law gave us a subscription to American Spectator magazine some 30 years ago. I ying and yang on my opinion of the magazine; it often seems way too harsh. But about 20 years ago they encouraged readers to send in photos of themselves reading American Spectator. My favorite was the Army officer reading the magazine while sitting in one…
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