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Using my Philippians 4:8 Thought-Filter as I Head into Next Week
My mind has been swirling with worries as I think of Scranton teachers teaching from the buildings next week on a synchronous schedule: What if my classroom PC, which is almost a decade old, lags so much that the students can’t hack it? What if I try to use the Chromebook assigned to me […]
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Elsie Whitmore: A Star from Oak Hills
This week I published another of my books. Elsie Whitmore: A Star from Oak Hills is the start of a contemporary series of books partially set in the fictional town of Oak Hills, Pennsylvania. The main character, Elsie, is a 6th grade teacher whose YouTube videos catches the attention of a famous actor and playwright, […]
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Georgina and the Beatitudes
1/4/20 The Beatitudes are quotations from Christ that teach us to be humble, merciful, peacemaking, empathetic, persistent, pure of mind… They also are a reminder of eternity. I have attached links that explain these verses and give us ideas of how to apply them to our lives. My favorite pages in A Misplaced Beauty are […]
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“The Great Stink of London”
In contrast to yesterday’s serious post on Spurgeon and depression, today I am going for some levity. In A Misplaced Beauty, Georgina and Malcolm write back and forth during their brief courtship. Though Malcolm’s letters are typically anti-London and Georgina’s the opposite, she counterargues her own stance when she brings up a stench that made […]
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Bless the Child
Bless the unmotivated child who cannot find value In nouns and verbs, long division, or finding the author’s purpose. Bless the child of the alcoholic father, And the mother who is struggling just to survive each day. Bless the child who has had television as his babysitter Since the time he could first sit up, […]
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Another Rejected 800 Word Short
“Wishing for a Cruise” “And the next stop on the cruise will be St. Thomas. I just can’t wait to see….” I found myself tuning out Lina. I knew I should be happy for her, but this was their fifth cruise, while our family still hadn’t even been to Disney. And, it didn’t […]
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Depression and Charles Spurgeon
Many of us still make goals for the New Year; our resolutions to take better care of our health, to become more spiritual, to read more books, and become more cultured… Every year, I start off with all those objectives and more. I begin the year strongly and my vigor gradually peters out because I […]
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Why a literary blog?
I have been an avid reader since well before I was a preteen, when having read all other genres I could find, I began raiding the boxes of romance novels in my grandmother’s attic in between trips to our local libraries. I continue to have a passion for reading as an adult. In fact, I […]
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I Give You All My Whys
I wrote this poem years ago for a devotional. It’s still one of my favorites because it reminds me of God’s sovereignty and my need to trust Him even when I don’t understand the “whys.” I give You all my “whys”. I don’t need reasons. Or, to see strands Of circumstance unraveled. I give You […]
Writing from Walsh Mountain 