Mary Hamilton
We need to read stories like The Storm Breaks Forth for perspective. History repeats itself over and over and over, because human nature doesn’t change. Terri Wangard’s new novel shows us just how far we’ve traveled from WWI. Unfortunately, it’s a very short distance. Her portrayal of the treatment of German immigrants/German Americans could have …
Today, I have the privilege of introducing my fellow author, Peg Blann Phifer. A retired executive assistant after twenty-one years in the Electrical Wholesale Industry, she lives in the ‘boonies’ of NW Wisconsin. A late bloomer, Peg didn’t start taking writing seriously until age fifty. Her debut novel, To See the Sun, a contemporary romantic suspense, …
Do you have a love/hate relationship with your job? Some days you love it. Other days you hate it. That pretty much describes how I feel about writing. I love it when the scene presents itself like a movie in my mind and I can’t get the words on the paper fast enough. I love …
This piece was first published on May 9, 2013 as a Mother’s Day tribute to my mom. Last weekend, Mother went home to be with the Lord. She was 93, and though we suspected the end was near, none of my siblings nor I expected her to leave us as quickly as she did. Even …
Isn’t it funny how a smell or a song can immediately transport you to another time, another place? That happened one night this week when our church trucked in enough snow to build a couple of small sled hills and a play area. Snow is unusual here in southeast Texas and even when it does …
Isn’t it funny how a smell or a song can immediately transport you to another time, another place? That happened one night this week when our church trucked in enough snow to build a couple of small sled hills and a play area. Snow is unusual here in southeast Texas and even when it does …
