Interview: Carlene Havel & Review: Here Today Gone Tomorrow

Lillie: I’m thrilled to welcome Carlene Havel to my blog today. I first met Carlene through her parents, my dear friends, Billie and Herb Houston (writing as Barri Bryan). She wasn’t a writer when I first met her, but she has since published three books. Carlene is offering a giveaway, a $15 Amazon gift certificate, … Read more

Thanks to Commenters Third Quarter 2013

Thank you to the 27 commenters who left 86 comments in July, August, and September. Your comments extended the conversation and added value and interest, and I enjoyed replying to every one of them. Like most blogs, I’m seeing the number of comments and the number of commenters drop as readers gravitate to social media … Read more

Ghoulish Games and Ghostly Tales at the Lil Country Store

I mentioned before that my sister and I have started Lil Country Store, convenience coupled with country charm. The little store, located six miles west of Dilley, Texas, offers the usual convenience store items. In addition, we have a crafts and collectibles corner where we offer handmade crafts, small antiques and collectibles, and gift baskets—or … Read more

Blog Action Day 2013—Human Right: Life

Today is Blog Action Day, a day in which bloggers around the world post on a single topic. This year the topic is Human Rights, with the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights as the guideline for subjects to write about. Regular readers of my blog will not be surprised that I am writing about … Read more

Clergy Appreciation Day 2013

Thank you, Father Chip Harper, priest at All Saints Anglican Church of San Antonio. Thank you, Father Ed Morgan, priest at Holy Trinity, formerly at All Saints. Thank you, Father Jerry Sherbourne, Army chaplain, formerly at All Saints. All of these men have been important in my life and my faith walk, and like the … Read more