Like many, I enjoy watching the Hallmark Christmas movies each year. Though they get increasingly predictable, sappy, and contrived, I still like seeing the Christmas decorations and how a group of people come together to solve a problem. Recently, I spotted a story on Thrillist when I was looking for information for 2021 travel plans.Continue reading “A Real Life Hallmark Town”
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Advent Week 4: Love
“All you need is love,” sang the Beatles and many others over the years. Love might just be all we need, but this also prompts another question, which philosophers have pondered in song: What Is Love? I think the most compelling definition of love is the giving of oneself for another. In short, love isContinue reading “Advent Week 4: Love”
Chicago Christmas Photos
Since we haven’t been able to go out and explore Chicago this Christmas, I’ll have to share some photos from last Christmas. Hopefully, once our apartment is decorated and if we drive through a Christmas lights display I will have some more to share. The Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago I loved seeing allContinue reading “Chicago Christmas Photos”
Third Sunday of Advent: Joy
We all experience joy in our lives, even if it’s just for a moment. This week of advent we celebrate joy. There are many joys in the Bible’s Christmas narrative, but one encapsulates them all: the Messiah is coming!
Christmas Classics: The Little Match Girl
Hans Christian Anderson’s The Little Match Girl has always seemed depressing, and never fit the fairytale genre to me. Yet, it holds its own kind of hope (albeit in a depressing way).
Classic Christmas Books Made Into Movies
Here are a few favorite Christmas classic stories that were made into great movies.
Second Sunday of Advent: Peace
We all want peace, don’t we? As an enneagram 9, I truly long for peace- both internally, and between those around me. Yet, there are false peaces…
Christmas Classics: The Three Kings
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was a well-known, 19th-Century American poet, astute scholar, and world traveler. Though The Three Kings is not his most popular work, I wanted to share it with you, in the spirit on the Christmas season.
NaNoWriMo Week 4
Well, the truth is, I did not hit the 50,000 word mark for NaNoWriMo- at least not on the book I was working on. I did more like 28,000 words, but that’s okay! I figured out I have too many different projects going on at once to really sink my teeth into one at theContinue reading “NaNoWriMo Week 4”
Resources for Self-Publishing
I wanted to share with you some of the great content I’ve found to help you with self-publishing.
Classic Reads 