by Olivia | Oct 10, 2016 | Books in Process, Uncategorized
Years ago I worked in a retail fabric store. In the craft world, Christmas starts in July. During weeks of summer heat I measured and cut red and green Christmas fabrics while everybody in town with a sewing machine stacked up supplies to keep them going till...
by Olivia | Oct 4, 2016 | Books in Process, Uncategorized
Two months! I just realized how much time has passed since I last posted. Actually, I think of the month of August as “The Month That Was Not,” because I was under the weather for a few weeks. But also since the last time I posted, I’ve had an...
by Olivia | Aug 8, 2016 | Lens on Life, Uncategorized
It happens every year. About February, when we get a warm spell that you might not associate with February in Colorado (but which happens every year) I see the first signs of the rash of larkspur that brings glory to my yard in summer. Then it turns cold, we get a...
by Olivia | Jul 25, 2016 | Lens on Life, Uncategorized
If you are looking for me on a Saturday afternoon, check the library. I’m there a lot with the purpose of adding words to my latest work-in-progress, which at the moment is a fifth addition to the Amish Turns of Time series. I’ve written before about...
by Olivia | Jul 18, 2016 | Uncategorized
Once upon a time, I bought a table and chairs. I’d been married four years and had already moved three times. In each place, we used a different hand-me-down free table and some hand-me-down wooden folding chairs. Now we thought we were some place where we would be...
