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...
by Olivia | Feb 8, 2016 | Mama Says, Uncategorized
I’m not turning 90. But my mother is, in just a few days. She’s always been a little proud to share a birthday with Thomas Edison. My dad died when he was 83, and both of my in-laws were gone by their mid-80s as well. So it feels like a big deal to have...
by Olivia | Feb 1, 2016 | Books in Process, Uncategorized
Today February begins. I did quite a bit of normal grocery store and Target kind of shopping over the weekend, and everywhere I went were reminders that February means Valentine’s Day. And it dawned on me I should let you know that my newest book, Peace Like a...
by Olivia | Jan 25, 2016 | Uncategorized
Sometimes I don’t like to face reality. So help me out. As you can perhaps discern from the photo here, I have a favorite quilt that has seen better days. For quite some time I have tried to fool myself into thinking I could just patch it and it would be chic....
by Olivia | Jan 18, 2016 | Books in Process, Uncategorized
Despite what you might think based on the title, this post is not about the new year or any of the familiar January themes. This is about a space I have not often found myself in the last several years. I’m not actively writing. But I’m actively dreaming...
