Month: April 2025

  • Writers’ Conference Musings

    Hello, tender friends! Here’s a debriefing of the writers’ conference that I attended in Bluefield, West Virginia, at the beginning of April. (Thank you so much for the request, Nancy!) Let’s start with a quote by Hannah Anderson, a writer who actually lives in Roanoke, where we’ve been living for the past 5 years: “Writers…

  • Happy Resurrection Day!

    Hello, tender friends! We made it back from New Mexico on Saturday night, and I really wanted to make sure we made it to church for Easter yesterday. We were late because we didn’t get to bed until after midnight, but I’m proud of us for making it! I have SO MUCH to say about…

  • In & Out Travels

    Hello, tender friends! I attended a writing conference this past weekend in Bluefield, West Virginia. This message on the marquee warmed my heart when we arrived. Bluefield was a boom and bust coal town, so much of the city is in poor condition. But the venue itself was beautiful. I’m a sucker for gilded wall…