Cameroonian Life
In the last two posts I wrote about visiting Cameroon. Here are some other things I found interesting while I was there: People eat animals that it would never occur to us to eat: bats, cane rats, what-have-you. We saw a boy standing beside the road, holding up a...Business as Usual in Cameroon
We Americans are accustomed to cleanliness, order and privacy, even if we don’t think we’re immaculate, organized and private. We are also used to buying what we need (or want) and having it readily available, new and in good condition. We don’t...A Trip to Yaounde, Cameroon
I hadn’t meant to neglect this blog for so long. The excuses for the neglect are a busy life and a broken computer, plus trying to finish revising a novel. Well, anyway, here we are. In the first half of September my husband and I visited Yaoundé, Cameroon,...Staging a Miracle at Tacoma First Presbyterian
I am an alto in the choir of my church, Tacoma First Presbyterian. There are about twenty of us in the choir, and I like to think we sound good, although we are almost all amateur musicians and none of us had to audition for our spot. The choir sings every Sunday for...A New Life, A New Joy: James Drake Connally
Last Thursday night (July 12, 2012) at just a little after 10 o’clock, a beautiful new child named James Drake Connally was born. He is the second child of Patrick and Kim, my eldest son and his wife. I was there at Kim’s left side and watched...
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I am a writer who loves good music and good stories. It’s been my privilege to combine these loves by writing fiction that honors the creation of beauty, even in the bleakest of circumstances, through the creation of music. Writing has also led me to a deep interest in the recent history of central and eastern Europe.
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