Creativity

Shame About AI

September 26, 2025

Should people who use AI feel ashamed? Should I feel that way? While researching AI, I found a commenter saying authors who use AI to promote their work should be ashamed of

Creativity·Faith·Motherhood

Birth Pangs

September 22, 2025

Suffering is not death rattle, but the pain of birth pangs. Eight times, I was convinced the birth pains were too much for me to bear. “I want to go home!” I

Books·Creativity

The Blogging Pact

September 13, 2025

Can I write a blog post after only getting several hours of sleep? It depends. If I’m aiming for perfection, the answer is no. But if I just want to jot down

Creativity

The Pretend Podcast Hosts

August 30, 2025

One day, reading a Kindle book and getting a bit bogged down, my mind wandering at the slightest distraction, I thought, “Wouldn’t it be wonderful if someone could read this to me?”

Books·Creativity

A Story Within a Story

August 28, 2025

Smiling, she swings open the double front doors and steps into the magnificent old house. In front of her is a triple-width staircase that leads to the silent grandfather clock on the

Books·Creativity·Life

The Cooking Experiment

August 8, 2025

Can a dislike turn into a like? Can I find a way to enjoy cooking instead of regarding it as a chore? For many years, I didn’t need to cook. My husband

Books·Creativity

Children’s Novels and Carol Birds

October 9, 2024

In my post, The Spark, I told you I was updating my first children’s novel, The Angels of Abbey Creek. I was revising the words and, with AI’s help, generating a new

Books·Creativity·Faith

The Spark

January 26, 2024

I gave up crying, petitioning, begging, “What am I meant to do?” Exhausted by the struggle, I stopped fighting, rolled on my back and rode the waves, content to go wherever the

Books·Creativity·Faith·Life·Womanhood

The Woman Chain

January 18, 2024

Just over a year ago, I was in a dark place. The world had returned to normal after covid, but I was finding it hard to shrug off the effects of being

Books·Creativity·Faith

True Love

January 12, 2024

I was attracted to the novel The Hundred Loves of Juliet when I realised it was a Romeo and Juliet book: After a bad breakup, Helene Janssen runs away to Alaska to find some peace

Books·Creativity·Life·Marriage·Womanhood

Waiting and Creating

January 2, 2024

“If art doesn’t make us better,” Alice Walker said, “what on earth is it for?” I found these words in Claire Cook’s book, Life Glows On. My sister, Barbie, gave me this

Creativity·Life

Love Blooms

May 25, 2023

Early on Mother’s Day morning, when I turned on the living room light, a magnificent bouquet of flowers appeared out of the dark. I wondered who had arranged the flowers and left

Creativity·Womanhood

Fashion Selfie

May 23, 2023

A few days ago, I tore off the wrappings of a Mother’s Day parcel to reveal a gorgeous green cardigan crocheted by my daughter Imogen. With a grin, I held it up

Creativity·Faith

Grand

May 28, 2021

On the fourth last day of autumn, I think: what am I going to do today? Stay inside away from the chilly wind and continue proofreading my third Angels novel? Every time

My children’s novels

My unschooling books