How about a little springtime in Italy? Lovely, isn't it?   Father, you have insured we'd still have remnants of beauty in this sin-stained, fallen world. Thank you for it all. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.

  Loved Third Day and this is seriously one of their best. Fantastic song, fantastic band.    Thank you, Jesus, for those who love and honor you with their giftings. Bless them with and in your abundance. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.

    Well, it's Monday. I feel like I should post a review, but I've read three novels recently that were okay but not outstanding, and for that reason I can't muster the effort to give them a review. They were not "bad", the stories were decent, I liked some of the characters, but I…

  Blessed is the man    who makes the Lord his trust, who does not look to the proud,   to those who turn aside to false gods.   Psalm 40:4 (NIV)

    Five places I love to go . . .  Ocean Shores in the off season. Northern Idaho in the summer. Various places in eastern Washington in the spring and summer. Driving through various parts of the small town where I live (Enumclaw. Wa.). To a good movie.    Father, there is so much…

    (The end of Chapter One from the WIP . . . in a love song)      “Will you look at that?” The words were delivered in slow motion as the vintage jukebox belted out the old Rolling Stones tune “Honky Tonk Woman”. The stoutly built and curly blonde-headed guy named Keith who…

                           Drama has become a multi-descriptive word. In the first place it refers to a type of show business, defining what kind of entertainment to expect on the movie or television screens. In this venue it implies serious matters, emotional content, conflict, possible…

  Guitar masters at work with a great old classic blues song.    Father, thank you is never enough for all the gifts you've given. Amazing creativity and talent. May each one know from whom it comes. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.

                        Devoted readers know there will be novels they won't like, maybe even some they hate, but they persevere because it's such a great big fun deal to find one they absolutely love! And that, my friends, is the problem we face reading fiction.…

  Blessed is the man    who makes the Lord his trust, who does not look to the proud,    to those who turn aside to false gods.   Psalm 40:4 (NIV)