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 11, 2016 | Lens on Life, Uncategorized
I sometimes use the tagline, “Twisting through time, chasing the joy.” It’s summer, and I’ve had plenty of joy to chase. My daughter got married. It was a stunning day. My flowers have been awesome. I live in a bee-yoo-tiful place. I see lots...
by Olivia | May 24, 2016 | Lens on Life, Uncategorized
I’m a writer with ruts. One of those ruts is that I often go to the public library on Saturday afternoons to find myself a nice spot that looks out the bank of windows on a panoramic view of the Front Range of the Rockies. A recent Saturday was an ordinary...
by Olivia | Mar 14, 2016 | Lens on Life, Uncategorized
“I didn’t think we had termites in Colorado.” If I had a dollar for every person I know who thinks that … well, I could have used the cash to pay the termite guys. We definitely have termites in Colorado. More specifically, in my neighborhood, er, in my house....
by Olivia | Mar 7, 2016 | Lens on Life, Uncategorized
When people ask me what I “do,” I have to resist the urge to make the kind of joke my mother would make. She would wave her hands in the air and say, “I do this,” followed by sliding her feet and saying, “then sometimes I do this.” Mom cracks people up because she...
by Olivia | Feb 29, 2016 | Lens on Life, Uncategorized
Does February 29 somehow feel like an extra day? Like a surprise to see it on the calendar? (Probably not for people born on February 29!) It’s all a mathematical glitch, of course. Like when I can’t quite figure out where my math went wrong in my check...
