Sunny Sunday

December 6, 2011

A few months ago a member of our church told me she had an idea of a way to honor us for ten years of service in Bolivia. She had rallied some other people from church to help her with this idea. They wanted to bring DaRonn’s mom down for a visit. She had never [...]

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Winner! and the final excerpt

November 27, 2011

After a month of writing I finished the first draft with just over 50,000 words. My winner’s certificate: Very happy with the book. It’ll be fun to edit. This evening with one more hour of writing ahead of me I flipped a coin. Heads: a happy ending. Tails: a not happy ending. Fate said tails. [...]

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Enter His Gates with Thanksgiving

November 24, 2011

The wall started white. A blank canvas beckoned. A tree emerged. A tree to carve our thanks upon. A tree like the one of our Lord. For we know that giving thanks often follows sacrifice. We mark the entrance to our home with thanks to Him. The rebellious act of scribbling on the wall redeemed [...]

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Immigrant Juggler – Excerpt 3

November 20, 2011

This bit comes directly after the first excerpt. Not wanting to know what now seeped through my fingers I squeezed my eyes shut tight. I made sure all my limbs made it behind the metal gate and then turned my head in the direction of my hand. It had stayed frozen in its spot as [...]

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If you could…

November 17, 2011

… live in any time period for a month, while retaining the knowledge you have now, what time period would it be? … take one gadget and a reliable power source for the gadget on that time travel trip (aside from your time travel machine, of course) which would you take? … meet one person [...]

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Immigrant Juggler – Excerpt 2

November 14, 2011

Our main character, Geanie, has been assigned to work in flood relief by the volunteer organization in Bolivia. The 2nd excerpt of the novel “Immigrant Juggler”: The surrounding devastation put us in a somber mood. Flat-bed trucks with wheels large enough to not get sucked down into the muck held all the supplies. There we [...]

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My Saturday Morning Thinking Snack Humintas al Horno

November 12, 2011

It’s called ‘Huminta al Horno’. Here it is pictured fresh out of the oven. It’s a dense, moist, corn bread wrapped in corn husks. Two types of humintas exist in Bolivia, baked and boiled. I prefer baked. Gives new meaning to the mascot of my beloved state of birth: Cornhusker. You peel back the husks [...]

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Frappuccino Recipe

November 9, 2011

Ingredients: 1 – 2 cups ice 1/2 cup double strength coffee or espresso 1/2 cup milk 1 -2 Tablespoon sugar 1/2 Tablespoon flavored syrup (or use flavored coffee) opt. whipped cream Instructions: Brew the coffee Chill or freeze coffee (ice trays work well) Blend all but ice and whipped cream for 20 seconds Add ice [...]

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Immigrant Juggler – Excerpt 1

November 6, 2011

In the interest of getting the story on the screen they recommend no edits for the whole month. Rough as sandpaper the first 5 paragraphs of my book: The pop, pop rang in my ears as reflex instincts drove me to my knees. The hiss warned of another explosion. I pressed my hands against the [...]

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Immigrant Juggler – Synopsis, NaNoWriMo 2011

November 1, 2011

Event: National Novel Writing Month (aka NaNoWriMo) Year: 2011 Objective: Write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days Novel Title: ‘Immigrant Juggler’ Synopsis: Geanie, restless from small town life in the U.S.A., signs up on an exasperated whim to volunteer with a relief aid program. The people she meets in the year she spends in [...]

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