Happy (almost) Spring everyone! The trees are budding, and we are just about to the end of maple sap collection time in the great white north.
We have collected over 55 gallons of sap from our trees, and now have the task of boiling it down to syrup. With the amount of effort we put into it, sometimes I think it’s just better to get it at Costco.
But there’s something magical about begin a part of the process…
Demon Tide book #2 is now complete! It’s been several months since diving into the first chapters, and frankly I am glad to wrap this one up. Not that it was boring, or the writing getting tedious, but the last few chapters really tested my writing abilities.
I promised myself when I began writing that I would always grow as an author, so I’ve been
This update will be short and sweet, because I want to get back to it. Why, you ask? Aren’t you a writer? Destined to fill page upon insufferable page with useless fantasies and bland dialogue? Well, yes…
Christmas is only a day away. Ready or not, the presents should be wrapped, the seventh trip to the grocery store completed, and the house cleaned (mostly). Snow for Christmas? Well, for many of us, that’s an understatement.
Hopefully the stress of the season doesn’t get you too down. With all of the effort to make the season perfect, we can often overlook the need to pause and reflect on what truly matters. We’ve all heard it before, that Christmas should be a time for rest, quality time with family, and a reflection of what the Creator God did for his people…
Bring on the turkey! I’m ready for a full day of eating all the fixin’s, and then groaning about it later. Hey, there’s antacid for that, right? This month I decided to participate in NaNoWriMo. That is, National Novel Writing Month. Of course my wife Stacy talked me into it, and upon much protest, I […]
Tales from the Cave The Shadow of Ranger Devore, Part 4 The wind picked up outside the little cabin. The two-day torrential downpour had only quit hours ago, but now it was looking like another storm was gearing up for the Sierra Nevadas. Storms of this magnitude weren’t typical in the summer months in Yosemite, […]
Tales from the Cave The Shadow of Ranger Devore, Part 2 Sarah watched Ranger Devore disappear past the bleary yellow-washed light of the austere motel. There was a swagger to his walk, even in the pouring rain. The pulling on the driver’s side door handle startled her. “Sarah, unlock the door!” Josh called through the […]
Tales from the Cave The Shadow of Ranger Devore, Part 1 Every year visitors and hikers are killed or go missing in the national parks. Several serial murders have been carried out over the decades in many of them. Still, hundreds of thousands of visitors flock to the parks every year to hike and enjoy […]
