Deer Camp 2012 Closed?

September 3, 2012
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After a drive through Stone Mountain State Park the other day all I can say is I?m sad. Stone Mountain is only a few miles from my house. Several times a year we travel there to hike or camp, other times to just ride through and take in the natural beauty and watch the deer […]

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Spoiled Rotten

August 27, 2012
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What does a girl do when she puts her coffee bag, (it?s just like a tea bag except it?s coffee inside the bag) in her coffee cup, runs it full of water, sticks it in the microwave and one minute and forty-five seconds later when she takes it out the water is still cold? I?ll […]

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Are You a Peacemaker or Agitator?

August 20, 2012
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Romans 12:18 If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. While growing up on the banks of the Big Elkin Creek I found peace in listening to the water flow as it made it?s way down to the Yadkin. When all was not well, which was quiet often […]

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Paid In Full

August 13, 2012
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In the late seventies we planned a camping trip with my husband Jerry?s first cousin Alan, and his wife Debbie. We were to meet at the campground at Stone Mountain, in North Carolina. Alan gave Jerry a twenty-dollar bill to help pay for the food we?d buy for the trip. I know. You?re thinking, you […]

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Back to School… and Work

August 9, 2012
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I was born, raised and still live in the Foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. While growing up my days in the summer were filled with working in the garden, tobacco priming, playing in the creek, catching Lightning and June bugs and worrying about school starting in the fall. Even though summer […]

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The Power of the Unseen

August 1, 2012
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For the past two weeks my Internet has been laying down on the job. One minute I have access, the next it?s dead as a poor old frog who has just encountered the weight of a truck full of logs. You never know how much you rely on something until its not there. Using the […]

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Old Dog, New Tricks

July 24, 2012
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I just finished going over the first round of editing notes for, The Color of My Heart from Brenda, my editor at Ambassador International. I was both humbled and intimidated when I opened her email on Sunday afternoon. Her comments were: ?It was such a joy to work on a manuscript with strong, well-rounded characters […]

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Hummingbirds In Flight, An Author’s Journey

July 16, 2012
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I love watching hummingbirds. Right now there are anywhere from four to eight fluttering back and forth fighting their way to the sweet nectar inside the artificial feeder hanging on my porch. I not only love watching them but also enjoy listening to the sounds of their wings as they beat rapidly back and forth. […]

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Tools of the Trade

July 9, 2012
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There?s a lot going on in my life this summer: Vegetable canning, hanging out with the granddaughter, sitting in the cool waters of New River, writing books, and editing. This week my personal editor sent me the first edit of a children?s picture book I?ve written titled, The Manger Mouse. I can?t wait to type […]

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Open-Air Worship

July 2, 2012
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As Independence Day approaches I can?t help but think about how much freedom I have. I come and go as I please. I have a hearty garden full of vegetables to cook or I can choose to dine out. Sometimes I listen to the radio, other times I flip through a couple of hundred different […]

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