I just spent a whirlwind three days on the East coast visiting my blood family. As many of you know, I live in this tiny swath of the Midwest that is also called the Des Moines Metro area of Iowa. I don’t have ANY blood family here. The reason I live here is because many […]
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Second Date – The Year of the Winding Road (Chapter Eight)
This is the eighth chapter of my second serial novel, The Year of the Winding Road < click here to see the main page for the novel, read the other chapters if you missed them or have no idea what this story is about. Note to readers: While this story does have events in it […]
Two steps forward and one step back
Yesterday the other half and I got news that kind of stunned us and changes the course of some of our major plans. Without going into much detail, changes to our lives have been made yet again. But that’s just part of life. Like John Lennon penned, “Life is what happens while you are busy […]
Birthday – The Year of the Winding Road (Chapter Seven)
This is the seventh chapter of my second serial novel, The Year of the Winding Road < click here to see the main page for the novel, read the other chapters if you missed them or have no idea what this story is about. Note to readers: While this story does have events in it […]
You belong
Today marks a year since my first serial novel, The Magician, debuted in paperback format. But more importantly, today marks a year since the tiny church that my other half and I attend in my little swath of the Midwest voted almost unanimously to become the first open and affirming church in the city. Those […]
Hope does not disappoint
I often talk about how my favorite word is the word HOPE. There are multiple posts here on this blog about that discuss hope…. From Hope to discussing that Hope has two daughters, to the fact that Generations upon hopeful generations use traditions, to even discovering What sound does hope make when it dies. But […]
First Date – The Year of the Winding Road (Chapter Six)
This is the sixth chapter of my second serial novel, The Year of the Winding Road < click here to see the main page for the novel, read the other chapters if you missed them or have no idea what this story is about. Note to readers: While this story does have events in it […]
If I am too much, go find less
“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Jesus replied: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.” ~ Matthew 22:36-39 (NIV) It was all over the news […]
Free book this coming weekend!!
From time to time, I offer one of my books for free in eBook format. Since Scion is set to be released next month….. I figured I would offer one of my books for free again! This weekend, from Thursday 28 August 2025, 12:00 AM PDT until Monday 1 September 2025, 11:59 PM PDT, the […]
I’m still here
It’s been a crazy couple of weeks in my life, so I haven’t been doing much writing on my socials. But I am still here. I am still writing. In fact, I almost have a short story done and am about to release another novella in my Portals Series. I still hike and geocache as […]
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