Welcoming Edythe Irene Connally
As of eight days ago, the world is a richer place. A beautiful new little inhabitant is here, and her name is Edythe Irene Connally. She is my second granddaughter, born to my son Kevin and his wife Adele on April 27, 2011. They have nicknamed her Edie after my...Remembering a Sister
It’s been quite a while since I wrote on my blog. My last entry marked the 34th anniversary of my marriage to Rory, and two entries before that I wrote about the arrival of my first grandchild. Today I am marking a sadder life passage. On January 30, 2011 my...34 Years . . .
Last month Rory and I celebrated our 34th anniversary, which means that next year we will have been married for 35 years. And that means that by anyone’s standards we are experienced at this thing called marriage. Fairly often people comment to us that we’ve done a...Some People Have All the Fun . . .
Some people have all the fun. To wit, my granddaughter, Aydan Grace Connally. At age 2 months, she has already gone to the beach, gone to parties, gone to graduation ceremonies (OK, maybe that was a little boring), and gone to happy hour at The Melting Pot. She...“. . . Joy That a Child Is Born Into the World . . .”
“A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets her anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world.” John 16:21 Last week–March 31 at 3:41, to be exact–my first...
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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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