by Olivia | May 4, 2015 | Lens on Life, Uncategorized
My son was an unusual preschooler. He was obsessed with all things geography, particularly a large floor puzzle of the United States that he assembled countless times. He kept a school room size map of the U.S. on one wall of his room and a map of the world on...
by Olivia | Apr 27, 2015 | Lens on Life, Uncategorized
A couple of weeks ago, my daughter asked me to go with her to look at a rental house. She’s in an apartment now, and she and her roommate feel like they’re ready for more space and a fenced yard for the dog when their lease is up. I went happily. When we...
by Olivia | Apr 13, 2015 | Uncategorized
Mark your calendar! We are only days away from the Spring 2015 Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt. This is always a blast, and I’m glad to be participating again to introduce my newest book, Meek and Mild, book 2 in the Amish Turns of Time set. The hunt has become...
by Olivia | Apr 6, 2015 | Lens on Life, Uncategorized
One day it was suddenly too much. My office, that is. I was on deadline with edits, so of course I had to reorganize my office in a major way. (My writer friends will understand that logic.) The straw that broke the camel’s back was spinning my chair...
by Olivia | Mar 30, 2015 | Uncategorized
There was a time when I could not imagine Holy Week without going to church on Good Friday. In those days, though, I didn’t know the term Holy Week, and the churches I attended were likely to have either a Maundy Thursday service or a Good Friday service. Asking...
by Olivia | Mar 23, 2015 | Books in Process, Lens on Life, Uncategorized
In a few days, my daughter will be a quarter of a century old. She’s my youngest. Hard to believe! It’s a exciting time for her. Recently she got engaged, and a couple of weeks after that started a new job after being a well loved and valued employee at...
