by Jody | Sep 14, 2022 | Non-fiction
One Thing After Another Sky black with clouds Heavy rain Great and powerful wind Earthquake Fire These words, with one exception, could well describe a few of the highlights of recent days in my drought-weary community. We could also add heat advisory, evacuation...
by Jody | Aug 24, 2022 | Non-fiction, Stories Between Friends
Welcome, friends! I intend to share stories here from time to time written by some of my writing friends. Today I get to introduce you to the words of Pastor John Tate, a longtime camp and family friend. He’s the author of my current top-of-the-pile bedside...
by Jody | Jul 26, 2022 | Non-fiction
I slide into a table for two, one hand holding a buzzer and my foreign language learning app in the other. Yo quiero comer pan lights up my phone screen. I want to eat bread, I translate. In the pauses between Spanish sentences, I hear two women behind me. Their table...
by Jody | Jun 15, 2022 | For Book Lovers
So many books, so little time. That’s the message I saw on a T-shirt recently. The problem isn’t only the time it takes to read a book, either. Think about the time it can take to hunt down one specific and often elusive book to make your specific heart go pitter pat....
by Jody | Jun 1, 2022 | Fiction
Once upon a pleasant afternoon, three maiden sisters delighted to swim in the picturesque river winding gently through the day. Alas, the gentle winding turned perilous and the current commenced to pull terribly until the girls were in danger of drowning. As...
