by Olivia | Apr 13, 2012 | Mama Says, Uncategorized
Two Sundays ago, on April 1, it was 80 degrees. Of course, the wind was blowing at about 80 miles an hour as well. On Monday, the temperature plummeted 40 degrees, but the wind persisted. On Tuesday, we had a snow day. Yep, I live in Colorado. When I tell my mother...
by Olivia | Apr 11, 2012 | Books in Process, Uncategorized
I was twenty years old and a college student in southern California. A friend who knew I liked to write heard about a writers conference at Mount Hermon that coincided with spring break. She thought I should go. When I said I had no money, she pointed out that they...
by Olivia | Apr 9, 2012 | Lens on Life, Uncategorized
My daughter straggled after me in the grocery store. I was intent on my list, and at that moment had my head in the dairy case. When I stepped back with my milk and plopped it in the cart, my daughter nudged me. “Didn’t that guy used to go to our church?” she...
by Olivia | Apr 6, 2012 | Lens on Life, Uncategorized
This piece first ran a few months ago, but because it is a story about Good Friday, I offer it again on this day when we remember the suffering and death of Jesus. I took a seat in the sanctuary. Somber Good Friday organ music underlay the meditations of...
by Olivia | Apr 4, 2012 | Books in Process, Uncategorized
Here are some more old items from around my house courtesy of my husband’s family. What stories spring to your mind? When my daughter was little, I used to regale her with a continuing saga every night. I suppose many writers do this with their kids. Ordinary items in...
