Believe it or not, Turtle Heart turns 1 year old today. I don’t think I could have thought of a better birthday gift for her than winning a Golden Scroll award. She took third place in the memoir category. I want you to buy a copy of Turtle Heart. Not because she won an award, […]
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With Grandpa Jonas gone and Grandma Dorothy moved to Iowa, the Kinsinger siblings decided to distribute Grandpa’s leftover possessions–much of it still from the years he was married to his first wife, Ida–through a family auction. The siblings traveled from their respective homes for three days of sorting, discussing, and boxing. On a Sunday near
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This morning my heart was smitten to see my daughter standing on the little stool her daddy made for her, peering out the window in her jammies, teddy bear clasped in one arm. Here are some other things that have given me joy lately: The new-old granite-topped cabinet and setting hen Ivan and I purchased
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I am just popping in to announce that the winner of Out of the Shadows, from 115 entries, is…. ta da ta da! …..Rosie! I will email Rosie separately to tell her of her good fortune. For those of you who haven’t heard, Out of the Shadows tells about my friend Kates’ journey with mental
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I reached out to Kates soon after I moved to Maryland. She seemed hungry for friendship—taking a seat beside me on a chair or a church bench, leaning close, talking in tones that were…how do you describe a voice? Quiet. Precise. Needy. Hopeful. She invited me to visit her at her apartment, so one day
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