>Just when I'd begun to think Libby was a big dog, she starts acting like a puppy again.Libby turned one year on November 13 and I realized that she hadn't had any accidents or chewed on anything prohibited for some time. I began to feel as if I could trust her and thought, "You know, … Continue reading >Puppy Syndrome

>I went outside this evening and got a couple more shots of the moon and our two brightest stars, Venus and Jupiter, which are still fairly close together.

>As the stars came out last evening, the crescent moon appeared close to our brightest stars, Venus and Jupiter, which were at their closest proximity in the sky.I took a few pictures, which didn't turn out very well since one really needs a better quality camera and a tripod for this sort of thing, but … Continue reading >Star Show

>I confess: Last year's winter turned me into a grinch. Sometime in February, I began to think of winter as the "long dark tea time of the soul" (thanks to Douglas Adams who coined the phrase and wrote this book). With snow on the ground since Thanksgiving and four major ice storms that brought down … Continue reading >Winter Grinch

>One of my pet peeves is hearing Thanksgiving referred to as "Turkey Day." That's worse than "Happy Holidays" and almost as bad as "X-mas."Such terms seem to be efforts to avoid acknowledging God as the reason for celebrating these holidays. I've heard arguments that the "X" in "X-mas" represents Christ; however, even though some people … Continue reading >Thanksgiving and Giving Thanks

>On Tuesday, I wrote 5,424 words in my November novel, which put me over the 50,000 word goal and made me a NaNoWriMo winner for the third year in a row.For those readers who missed my earlier post, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) is a program in which participants write, from scratch, a novel of … Continue reading >Another NaNoWriMo Win

>The title of this blog, Ascribelog, is based on the biblical concept of ascribing glory to God. But the title has the double meaning of "a scribe log," which is a journal of someone who writes. And it has a pleasant sound that effectively blends the final "b" sound of "ascribe" with the initial "b" … Continue reading >Ascribing Glory

>I know that God is always with me and Jesus is all I need, but sometimes it's nice to have someone with skin on.Writing is a fairly solitary activity and, although I love uninterrupted times when I'm free to work without distractions, I sometimes feel very isolated. That's why it was such a great experience … Continue reading >Persons with Skin

>One of the seminars at the recent writers conference I attended was Jeff Edmondson's class on "Blogging for Christian Writers." It's been more than three years since I gingerly entered the blogosphere, and it was good to finally hear a real live person speak about the benefits of blogging.I have to admit, I already knew … Continue reading >Blogging Along

>Crossing the state line, I rejoiced as the Iowa sign welcomed me home and my heart was suddenly pierced by a personal application of my state’s motto: “Fields of Opportunities.”I was returning from my first writer’s conference. In the dark warmth of my van, engine whine and tire hum became a distant hypnotic song. But … Continue reading >Heart and Home