And it's in....

For the last few days I have been working on an article for a possible anthology book. Today I decided with the hecticness of Thanksgiving and Christmas coming up that I would finish it and...then email it in. It amazes me how much cheaper and faster and quicker this is that the old
way of snail mail and then wondering if they received it. Within minutes I had an automatic message telling me that the article had been received!

Wow. I have a lot to do with the holidays coming as three of the four of my children will be here ---
it kind of boggles the mind when I think about it all. And last night I became very ill suddenly. I've been slowly recovering today. Finally the weather is turning cold ....until now November had been very mild and beautiful.

John is also busy doing some publicity on his book Earth Is Not Alone. He and our daughter, Phoebe, made a trip to Florida last week to see his mother/her grandmother. It was good they could go. I stayed here and went to the quilt retreat where I visited with friends from Oswego, NY and made progress on my quilt! Now thankfully I've been making some progress on my writing also....

GREAT DAY!

Today is a day of birthdays! I know two people celebrating today!
And I'm celebrating also. I'm just very content today. Some days are like that. I'm trying to be more appreciative of all my blessings and I have had a lot. I know they came from the Lord and even the hard times have been allowed (though they are not easy to deal with....) I think one thing we don't do as Christians is really let our brothers and sisters who are going through hard time grieve the way they may need to. We can still know Christ as feel really sad as many of the Bible characters did. We know we have hope in the end but in the meantime it is hard to understand.

But today I have to choose. And today I'm trying to make the most of the time. Last night I did submit an article for an anthology even though I won't know for a while. Another article I submitted a while ago has not been chosen for a series although since it has not been returned YET there is a possibility the editor could be holding it for a later book. Doubtful but yet possible. And I'm working on another article....so I have plenty to do. As well as try to finish my fall quilt that is in about its' fifth year ....it's now or never!

November news.....

The countdown is on to the end of the year and finally I'm back to writing. I recently completed an article I hope to submit to an anthology whose deadline is a month from now. And I'm working on another article. So I'm back at it.

Yesterday there was an article in our church newspaper about my husband's book Earth Is Not Alone and John has also been doing a few other marketing items regarding the book. In other news members of our family have had the H1N1 virus that is going around and the World Series between the Phillies and the Yankees is going on not far from here. (2 hours away right now in Philly)
And I'm hoping to get my quilt out from last year and begin work as the quilt retreat is coming up soon. Plus we have a "surprise" project that is taking a lot of our time....down the road it will be revealed!

Poems

This week Eli wrote a new poem for the Golden Goblets....a poetry collection of funny poems my family has been writing for children. He was hoping to inspire us once again. We write them in fits and spurts. The new one was called "Cobweb Head." I like it a lot.

Since I didn't post this summer I forgot to say that Focus on the Family Clubhouse Jr. published John's poem entitled The Lost Bible this past July. It is a long poem based on 2 Kings 22 and 23.
It is about King Josiah. John wrote eight of the stanzas but I actually helped him write the last three stanzas when Clubhouse said they needed an "ending" to the poem and John was busy. So that poem is special to me. Yesterday John wrote a new article for Torah class on the website and is waiting for me to edit it. As time goes on, I get more confident in my editing abilities.

Right now John is watching the Phillies play the CO Rockies in the playoffs. He is wanting the Rockies to win even though we live and love it in PA. Tomorrow (Columbus Day) we will finish our Art Tour. I am also about to print out the players for the NBA as we have our draft coming up on Oct. 25. Time is going too fast....

Endless Mountains Art Tour

This will be short and hopefully sweet! Today was the Endless Mountains Art Tour which visits the studios of artists in and around Montrose. Wow, some of them have gorgeous artwork to tempt us with as well as beautiful studios in which to create their art. On Monday we will complete the other half of the tour. Two of the places we visited were in Dimock, PA and I saw where much of the gas drilling is headquartered in Susquehanna County with Cabot Gas Co.

I guess that isn't much about writing but it does inspire one to do one's best writing and produce for the public. I also have a beautiful place in which to write so I need to get to work and make the most of the gorgeous spot in which I get to spend time.

John had a wonderful review of his book, Earth Is Not Alone, on http://www.titletrakk.com/

One has to go to the archives but if anyone is curious, it is certainly a different book and

one that is worth the trouble to read about.

I enjoyed adding a photo so much yesterday that I am going to try one more time.....

okay that was fun. This shows a Labor day photo when we were enjoying some venison with our youngest son and other guests. Enough of photos...back to writing tomorrow.

It's October!

Well once again I tried to upload a picture....

the only thing is this time it worked. I was actually trying to upload a picture of the cover of John's book, Earth Is Not Alone, but that was not successful so instead you see a picture of my grandson playing with some kittens on the porch of his house!

No he doesn't live in PA but in NY. However I will say that it has been quite a summer and a nice thing is happening at my PA home which unfortunately, I can't talk about at the moment since it is a surprise. But in time, I'll let you know. Another nice thing. Today John completed a draft of his fourth Torah class article. Now he just has to edit it. You can see his latest one at www.torahclass.com I also have been working on an article finally...it, too, needs a lot of editing. But I'm back on my blog and hope to tell you many new things about writing in the upcoming days. It has been an interesting and busy summer and now I'm ready to write....and submit!

Time flies when you are having fun......

Home to PA! Our time in FL has flown! I feel like I just arrived and now in three days we need to leave. John, my husband, is working on an article for www.torahclass.com website and should
have it finished shortly. I just submitted an article to an anthology but I will not hear about it
until fall at the earliest.

In the meantime my middle son, Eli, and his wife and child have moved to Houghton, NY so we
will be able to visit them when we arrive back in PA! Eli is finishing work on his dissertation this summer (or at least he is hoping that he is.) I'm looking forward to visiting Eli and Linda in NY. And on our way home from FL, we will visit my daughter and her husband in TN.

My youngest son, Andrew, leaves next Tueday for Israel for a month. He will be going
on an archaeological dig in Hazor. But he will also have the opportunity to visit my oldest
son, Ethan, in Beersheva which is great! Ethan also has an apt in Jerusalem so maybe they
can meet up there at the end also (depending on Ethan's work schedule.)

I can tell it's summer time by all the traveling folks are doing. Even us. But I will be sad to leave FL. I really enjoy the time we get to spend here......but now I've got to get packing!