“I wonder how the book got to Guernsey? Perhaps there is some sort of secret homing instinct in books that brings them to their perfect readers.” January 1946: London is emerging from the shadow of the Second World War, and writer Juliet Ashton is looking for her next book subject. Who ...
Stormy Weather
One of my most popular blogs is Driving Into the Storm where I talk about driving into a tornado warned county and watching the storm brew and build. And of course parallel it to life. We are currently waiting for the first real round of spring storms to hit my hometown right now. ...
Ready
Spring just sorta happened over the weekend. I left the office to greenish brown grass, the jonquils green but no buds yet, the lilac bush just a bunch of sticks. I spent the weekend organizing, trying to figure out this new computer (and still have not one positive thing to say about ...
Blonde Moments
Unless you live in a news-less cave, or possibly internationally, you have heard about the 'wrong airport' saga. Sunday night a pilot on a 737 was flying from Chicago to Branson. Cleared for landing the pilot landed at the Downtown Airport near College of the Ozarks instead of at the ...
Happy New Year
I thought long and hard about the 2014 blog I wanted to write. I've written many times through the years how I feel about the tradition of New Year's Resolutions. Not a fan, in case you missed any of those. It's not that I'm against making choices and proactively working toward ...