by Olivia | Oct 29, 2012 | Lens on Life, Uncategorized
Probably you have more exciting things to do on a Friday night. Me? I’ve been running around like a headless chicken for the last four hours. Pay the bills. Pow-wow with daughter about a project she wants help on. Trip to Target for the glamorous stuff we all...
by Olivia | Oct 22, 2012 | Lens on Life, Uncategorized
It’s my brother’s birthday. I would say my “little brother,” but he’s not that much younger. I am one of seven kids and am squashed between a couple of brothers so closely that, as a parent, I have many times wondered what in the world my...
by Olivia | Oct 15, 2012 | Lens on Life, Uncategorized
Six years and it’s over. Six years ago a church in my neighborhood began holding a worship service on Saturday evening. I knew it was a traditional church steeped in liturgy, and the Saturday gathering would be identical to two Sunday morning services. I decided...
by Olivia | Oct 8, 2012 | Lens on Life, Uncategorized
What would you do? I frequently spend about four hours in a local coffee shop on Saturday mornings writing or revising. In four hours a lot of people come and go and most of them are just background buzz. But a couple of weeks ago, a group of four friends came...
by Olivia | Oct 3, 2012 | Books in Process, Lens on Life, Uncategorized
It’s too bad I’m not better about celebrating. I’m one of those people who just does the next thing that needs doing. In May I released The Pursuit of Lucy Banning, the first in the Avenue of Dreams series. I think I mopped the kitchen floor that...
by Olivia | Sep 24, 2012 | Lens on Life, Uncategorized
Can you friends make you sick? Frankly, I think the answer is yes. Not friends exclusively. It may be coworkers who cause stress. It may be neighbors you don’t know how to communicate with. It may be your family—people you love and would give your life for—who...
