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1/5/2023 0 Comments 2023Scripture for the week!
My resolution for this year is to use a weekly Scripture from 52 different friends and see what/how it will be for the week. This week is Job 5:9 (Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number) - and what a wondrous beauty God has given us this week. Normally hoarfrost lasts a day, we've had it most of the week. The verse totally fits! Have a great 2023! 12/5/2022 0 Comments Christmas SalesGlad to see people are buying the third book. The first and second are available as well if you want a Christmas package.
11/21/2022 0 Comments The New Look...Well, I've got a new header on my website to go with the new look of the third book!
For all local Portagers, I would love to see you at the library this Friday between 4:30-6:30. Come stick your name in for a draw, and there will also be my other two books available in case you need to do a bit of Christmas shopping for the readers in your lives! :0) 9/22/2022 0 Comments Another One for the Books!
Once upon a time, a not-so-young teacher was making her weary way home after an intense day at school. Pulling up to a four-way stop sign, she waited a brief second as the man on her right went, then she pulled straight ahead. Immediately thereafter, her heart nearly jumped through her skin as an ear-splitting siren started right behind her. Red and blue lights flashed in her rearview mirror. Her left hand (already injured) smacked against the driver’s side window in shock and after a slight levitation of the body, the right foot accidentally hit the gas. She jerked to the right, nearly nailing the Youth For Christ building at the edge of the road. “Oh my goodness! I didn’t know a police car was right behind me. What did I do? I stopped!” Before she had time to think farther, a dark blue sedan immediately in front of her, suddenly started both shrieking sirens and flashing lights. The shock made the teacher hit both the brake and gas at the same time, while further nailing the sidewalk along the YFC building. “I’m boxed in by the police,” the teacher thought in dismay, “Boy! Never pick your nose in public!” JOKE! I was NOT picking my nose at the time. However the rest of the story is true. In despair I stayed pulled over, as I waited for the police to get out, while frantically trying to think what I could have done. Thankfully, they both made turns right around me, and sped off, leaving me sitting thinking – “Oh, guess it wasn’t me after all – but I’ll still never pick my nose in public!” I’m too high strung to handle loud noises around me unexpectedly without adverse reactions. As I shakily pulled home a few minutes later, I got out still quivering with shock, and promptly tripped on my front step. So the left hand and foot that was just starting to heal, slid backwards several paces in the ‘feel good’ department! Welcome to my world! (minus the plug in - already tried that before. Shocking experience, too.) 9/18/2022 0 Comments Thoughts![]() I never get tired of watching the Manitoba sky. It constantly changes, has many moods, but is always there. My thoughts can be like those clouds. Sometimes bright, sometimes cloudy - but if I wait long enough, the sun comes out and the entire effect changes. As my third book gets close to the publishing printshop, I vacillate between anxiety and the thrill that it will be good. I had to share some dark moments - but who hasn't had those in their life? But like my MB clouds, God has the sunshine still there behind it all. 6/27/2022 1 Comment Third Book CoverWell, folks, the third book is getting closer. I have 3 options on the cover, so thought I'd see what strikes your fancy. I'm not great with tech, so ended up just taking a screenshot of the three covers, so they aren't great, but it gives you an idea of what my cover could be. You can facebook, email or answer via this website as to whether you think the title and cover look better for #1 (waves) #2 (dock) or #3 (girl with scarf). Titles and covers are harder for me than writing the entire book is!
5/30/2022 0 Comments Another step in the Journey
4/28/2022 1 Comment Book Cover Design ContestWin a chance to get your name, or the name of your choice added in as a minor character in my third book!
How? Either send me a design, or your thoughts on what would look great for the cover of this title: Troubles, Trials and Trust It can be actual physical things, or abstract design - but what would make this title pop out because of the cover, and yet go well with the other two books in the series? There is a spot on my website that you can contact me, or email your ideas to: skglobetrotter@hotmail.com. If using email, be sure to put "Contest Design" in the subject line. Have fun, and looking forward to what good ideas others might have. I can write a whole book, but titles and covers - yuck! |
CategoriesFebruary 26, 2021
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What a week! As a teacher on a Hutterite colony for grade 5-12, life is non-stop from 9:00-3:30. This coming Friday is the end of quarter, so report cards will be due. So that always makes one extra busy.
But I had 2 highlights in this week. The first: I came home and stumbled over something on my step. When I picked it up and entered, I found out I was holding MY copy of my book! I felt like a mother receiving her first child. The awe and wonder of holding something I'd created and labored over for - yes, about nine months- well, that is quite the feeling. The second: Last night the doorbell rang. I answered and a man stood there with a floral arrangement. I was sure he'd come to the wrong house, but he had the right name. Imagine my amazement when I saw that friends from the States had arranged these lovely roses to be delivered to celebrate this milestone in my life. In today's Covid restrictions, such a thoughtful, kind gesture means SO much! I never get flowers, so I'm still just smiling over it. |
January 5, 2021
How many of you make New Year's Resolutions? How many of you don't because you know you won't keep them?
As I look at 2021 and wonder what this year will bring, I've decided to try a couple resolutions.
A poet once said, "It is better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all." I feel that can be applied to resolutions too. As I start this year as a new author, I'm scrambling to figure out what I'm doing! This has definitely pulled me out of my comfort zone. I've asked the Lord, "What have I done? Am I stepping off this cliff to float or fly?"
So my New Year's Resolution is to have a website and put a blog on it. Will this last? It will be interesting to look back in December 2021 to see what has happened here! Tech stuff is NOT my thing. But as a teacher, I always tell my students, "Just try. You never know what might happen." So how can I do less than I preach? I will try this. No guarantees, but I've made a start! Happy New Year to you all!
As I look at 2021 and wonder what this year will bring, I've decided to try a couple resolutions.
A poet once said, "It is better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all." I feel that can be applied to resolutions too. As I start this year as a new author, I'm scrambling to figure out what I'm doing! This has definitely pulled me out of my comfort zone. I've asked the Lord, "What have I done? Am I stepping off this cliff to float or fly?"
So my New Year's Resolution is to have a website and put a blog on it. Will this last? It will be interesting to look back in December 2021 to see what has happened here! Tech stuff is NOT my thing. But as a teacher, I always tell my students, "Just try. You never know what might happen." So how can I do less than I preach? I will try this. No guarantees, but I've made a start! Happy New Year to you all!