by Olivia | Mar 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
Twenty-Five March 1943 One day in the middle of March, Mr. Spooner was too busy to give me a lesson. Besides, he kept saying that I’d been such a fast learner that he didn’t have much more to teach me. I didn’t believe that. Anyway, since it was early and Daddy wasn’t...
by Olivia | Mar 7, 2013 | Books in Process, Uncategorized
This post is going to be short and to the point. The Avenue of Dreams series has been in the works since 2009, when I drafted all three stories. And moment has come (cue music) that all three fabulous book covers are available for viewing. So here they are. The...
by Olivia | Mar 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
A few days ago was my grandfather’s birthday. He would have been 124. He died 34 years shy of that mark, which means he still lived to a ripe old age. My mother grew up in Arkansas, and her family had been in Arkansas for at least a couple of generations before...
by Olivia | Mar 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
Twenty-Three January 1943 “Hey! Billy Byler! Whatcha got in the black box?” It was the first day of school in January. Bobby and Jerry Runyan looked well scrubbed and friendly in their new clothes, and they were very curious about what I was carrying as they...
by Olivia | Feb 28, 2013 | Books in Process, Uncategorized
My eldest brother is a person of note in a Christian denomination that is … well, not Amish. I remember the first time I told him that I had discovered a link to early Amish settlers in our own family history. His head just about hit the table. In the Valley of...
by Olivia | Feb 25, 2013 | Lens on Life, Uncategorized
I should begin with a caveat. With the exception of seven months last winter, I have had the privilege of earning my fulltime income from within the confines of my home for more than eight years. On the one hand, this means that when I wake to eight inches of snow,...
