Reading the Bible in 1 Year

The Nation of Israel - Reading the Bible in 1 Year

Friday, February 5, 2010

Earth-Friendly Friday: Driftwood Horses

These women make driftwood horses - it's a perfect way to use mother nature's gifts.




Thursday, February 4, 2010

When I Was Elena


I went to a lecture hosted by Willamette Writers to hear one of their guest speakers at the Old Church in Portland, Oregon. I wanted to hear Elena Urbani-Hiltebrand talk about her Memoir When I Was Elana.

She was a brave girl even at 22. The year was 1991, when she left college to go in the Peace corps and spend two years in rural Guatemala, armed only with her dog, and a fluency in Spanish, she managed to make a difference in the world--something so many of us would love to do but rarely have the courage to do. She saved children in her village by hiding them when army troops came to steal them away from their families. It was a rough time when children were taken and forced to join fighting units of revolutionary guerrillas.

She spoke of her time in Guatemala and why she wanted to write the story of the women she met while she was there. She also talked about her writing process and why she chose to write in multiple voices.

I thought she was fascinating and an inspirational young woman.

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Answer to Word for Wednesday

Word: Nefarious means vile, atrocious, extremely wicked, villainous.

If you want to read more about it, check it out here.

Word for Wednesday - a game for Writers

Word: Nefarious

Put your guess in "comments" and then come back around 3:00 p.m. and see if you were right.

Monday, February 1, 2010

Transformations

Where Did the Time Go
Wasn't it just Christmas? Somehow the time slipped by in the flash of an eyelash.

Now, Valentine's Day is just around the corner and the time has come to change out my decorations.

The transformation has begun

How 'bout you - are you ready for the next wave of holidays - Valentine's and St. Paddy's?