>Last evening I read an excellent book: When Crickets Cry, A Novel of the Heart by Charles Martin.Charles Martin is an extraordinary storyteller and When Crickets Cry is an extraordinary story about Reese, a heart-mending man struggling with heart-rending loss. Martin’s subtle revelation peels away layers of Reese’s past to explain his pain and stitches … Continue reading >Book review: "When Crickets Cry" by Charles Martin
>Fun Family Times
>Dave is back at work today after five days off. We had a lot of fun spending time with our three grandsons on Friday.Dave brought along his guitar, I helped Gabe make a drum from an empty oatmeal canister, and Sarah stapled foam plates together with beans inside to make a tamborine for Logan. Those … Continue reading >Fun Family Times
>Rising Moon
>Last night's full snow moon lay pregnant on the horizon and rose as a shimmering amber globe to be slowly curtained by a dark cloud. The covered moon metamorphosed into a hazy white disk gleaming behind gauzy clouds.
>Spring has sprung
>It doesn't matter what the groundhog predicted or what the calendar says, this morning's 60 degree temperature is spring.I'm making it official by opening the shades on the west side of my office. Letting in spring sun is much more pleasant than keeping out winter cold.
>"Eagles" at school
>My poem "Eagles," which won first place in the rhymed poetry category of the November HACWN contest, is going to school today.A friend from the HACWN conference loved the poem, showed it to her son, who is studying poetry in his fifth-grade class at school. He liked it, and she asked permission for him to … Continue reading >"Eagles" at school
>Book Review: "Dragons In Our Midst" series by Bryan Davis
>Living Ink Books, published by AMG PublishersRaising Dragons, paperback; 371 pages; © 2004The Candlestone, paperback; 388 pages; © 2004Circles of Seven, paperback; 418 pages; © 2005Tears of a Dragon, paperback; 363 pages; © 2005Any Christian with an interest in fantasy can tell you that it’s difficult to find a fantasy novel that is interesting and … Continue reading >Book Review: "Dragons In Our Midst" series by Bryan Davis
>Groundhog Day
>The sun is rising on a clear day here in south-central Iowa. If any groundhogs happen to peek out of their burrows today, they may very well see their shadows.I confess I've never really understood that popular legend. So what if the groundhog sees his shadow and we have another six weeks of winter? Everyone … Continue reading >Groundhog Day
>Book Review: Betrayed by J.M. Windle
>Book Review: Betrayed by J. M. WindleTyndale, paperback; 365 pages; © 2008Reviewed by Glenda MathesJeanette Windle is one of the authors who has left traditional “safe” Christian fiction in her wake to sail into the relatively uncharted waters of contemporary suspense, and she cruises the genre extremely well.Windle is a master storyteller whose imaginative and … Continue reading >Book Review: Betrayed by J.M. Windle
>Jeannette Windle
>On Sunday (and early Monday morning!) I read Jeannette Windle's novel, Betrayed. I was familiar with her as an author since I had placed two of her books, CrossFire and its sequel Firestorm, in our church library. But I learned a lot more about her when I attended some of her seminars at the HAWCN … Continue reading >Jeannette Windle
>Autograph Book
>When I was in grade school, autograph books were popular. They were small albums with blank pages and one asked one's friends to write in them. I was thrilled when my mom bought me an autograph book. I could hardly wait to ask my friends to write in it. After several of my friends had … Continue reading >Autograph Book
Glenda Faye Mathes 