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2016 Cultivating Gratitude: Glome’s Valley and the Heavener Runestone Park

    Ethan was bored.  Summer was for fun – and fun meant spending time with your friends.  But he had no friends in the valley.  Dad was trying to decipher the ancient writing on the runestone, and Ethan was trying … Continue reading

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2016 Cultivating Gratitude: The Apocalypse Sucks

    What would you do if you were one of the last remaining survivors on earth?  What would you do if the person you were left to live with was not a friend; not someone you would have hung out … Continue reading

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2016 Cultivating Gratitude: Grateful for a Beach Read

    What makes a great beach read?  It has romance?  Suspense?  Is a page turner?  And as they say in the real estate world, Location, Location, Location! Secrets of Sandhill Island has all of those things. Meg lost her fiancé … Continue reading

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2016 Cultivating Gratitude: I Felt a Pop

   I come from a long line of do-it-yourselfers. The wife and daughter of aircraft mechanics (they are a special breed, they can repair anything) and the mother of a self-made mechanic, we fix our own problems – normally. This … Continue reading

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2016 Cultivating Gratitude: Anthologies

    This week I’ve been working on an anthology with my writer’s club.  We are putting together a group of various writings from many of the members.  And we are a varied group.  That is what I love about us.  … Continue reading

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2016 Cultivating Gratitude: Class of ’71

    I am grateful this week for reunions and the fact that I can still attend.  I always hated my senior picture.  My mom said, “Well, it looks just like you!”  I hated that even more. But I posted it … Continue reading

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2016 Cultivating Gratitude: Happy Father’s Day!

    The vintage picture of my parents was taken on their wedding day.  Dad was handsome and dashing (and a barnstorming dare devil), Mom the homebody.  They made a good pair.  I knew if I wanted my dad he would … Continue reading

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2016 Cultivating Gratitude: Writer’s Block

    I’m grateful this week to have talked with Jim Christina and Bobbie Jean Bell at L A Talk Radio’s The Writer’s Block. You can check out the interview at this link.   http://latalkradio.com/sites/default/files/audio/Writer-060916.mp3 Their enthusiasm was contagious and their ability … Continue reading

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2016 Cultivating Gratitude: The Lovely Month of June

    Ah June.  Lying in freshly mown grass with a light breeze (okay, this is Oklahoma and the breeze is more than light).  My dog reminds me of what is important in life – we were put in this world to … Continue reading

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2016 Cultivating Gratitude: Bloom Where You Are Planted

    I fell in love on the Phillips University campus.  I remember it was fall, the sun was shining, and the monarchs were flying south.  Fresh out of high school and considered an adult for the first time in my … Continue reading

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