by Olivia | Apr 18, 2012 | Books in Process, Uncategorized
I was out to coffee with my friend Sonja last week. I had the pleasure of signing and giving her a copy of The Pursuit of Lucy Banning, which is just about to release. She had read the book in manuscript form a few months back. She asked, “When does the next book come...
by Olivia | Apr 16, 2012 | Lens on Life, Uncategorized
At the hospital admissions desk, I signed the forms before daybreak. A young woman slapped an I.D. strap around my wrist and sealed it. “No sedative,” she said loudly. A man behind the counter furrowed his brow and came to look at the chart. “No sedative,” he...
by Olivia | Apr 13, 2012 | Mama Says, Uncategorized
Two Sundays ago, on April 1, it was 80 degrees. Of course, the wind was blowing at about 80 miles an hour as well. On Monday, the temperature plummeted 40 degrees, but the wind persisted. On Tuesday, we had a snow day. Yep, I live in Colorado. When I tell my mother...
by Olivia | Apr 11, 2012 | Books in Process, Uncategorized
I was twenty years old and a college student in southern California. A friend who knew I liked to write heard about a writers conference at Mount Hermon that coincided with spring break. She thought I should go. When I said I had no money, she pointed out that they...
by Olivia | Apr 9, 2012 | Lens on Life, Uncategorized
My daughter straggled after me in the grocery store. I was intent on my list, and at that moment had my head in the dairy case. When I stepped back with my milk and plopped it in the cart, my daughter nudged me. “Didn’t that guy used to go to our church?” she...
by Olivia | Apr 6, 2012 | Lens on Life, Uncategorized
This piece first ran a few months ago, but because it is a story about Good Friday, I offer it again on this day when we remember the suffering and death of Jesus. I took a seat in the sanctuary. Somber Good Friday organ music underlay the meditations of...
