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Ladies of the Club!

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Last week, I was invited to join the Ladies of the Club book club to talk about The Accidental Salvation of Gracie Lee. Having a book club select my book AND being invited to attend is one of the best things about being an author!

Oh my word, what a fantastic event.

Ladies of the Club
If we were living in 1918 rather than 2018, this event would be reported in the society pages of the Daily Arkansas Gazette. You know what I mean? There was a time when everything social was printed in the newspaper.Continue Reading

Sunday Letter: 06.03.18

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sunday letter 06.03.18

Dear Sunday Letter friends,

In case you haven’t noticed, we are already into JUNE. Yikes. June marks the half way point of the year. Those things I wanted to accomplish this year? I need to get my rear in gear. Tomorrow, Lord willing (and the creek don’t rise), we’ll be brining our turkeys for Thanksgiving.

You know I’m right.

To borrow a quote from beloved Dr. Seuss, how did it get so late so soon? I feel like the Earth has been spinning double time.

And p.s. the creek does seem to be rising with all the rain we’ve been having in Arkansas.Continue Reading

Watermelon is my spirit fruit. (And other fun news from last week.)

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Watermelon is my fruit spirit!

It’s true, watermelon is my spirit fruit. But first, Happy Sunday and Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there in the blog-o-sphere. (Yes, if you are reading this, you are part of the blog-o-sphere ???. ) I may as well confess right off, this post really isn’t about anything in particular. It’s more of an update. Let’s pretend we are chatting over a cup of coffee, glass of tea, or whatever your drink of choice may be.

I won’t judge.

So what’s up with you? Tell me in the comments if you’d like.

In my world, a few really fun things happened last week.Continue Reading

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