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It finally happened this morning. The thermometer on my back porch read sixty-two degrees. To folks up north, sixty-two is…
According to the tables they print in the back of financial brochures, I should be winding down. I should have…
I am an introvert. Not the timid kind, exactly, but the kind who leaves the party a little early and…
Let me introduce you to the four creatures who actually run my household. I just pay the mortgage. Paden and…
There is a verse hanging on my wall. I did not put it there as decoration. I put it there…
You might be a supernatural thriller author if the ghosts in your head are noticeably quieter before that first cup…
Years ago, I spent a good deal of time on family farmland near Creston, Iowa, the kind of small town…
A lot of us question our sanity at some point in life. I had a moment just like that in…
I came to a scene in Ravens Cove and went completely blank. I knew the church had burned. I knew…








