History, Real Life, and Faith
If you are a fan of the devotional My Utmost for His Highest, you have one person to thank: Biddy Chambers. Born Gertrude Hobbs in 1884 England, “Gert” suffered annual bouts of bronchitis as a child, thus limiting her time in school. Determined to excel and one day be the secretary to the Prime Minister of England, she studied shorthand in Pittman’s…
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I bid a WWII submarine veteran farewell in 2014. Ninety year-old Chester Bienkowski led a long and successful life, starting when America went to war in December 1941. He enlisted in the Navy a month later and served out of Hawai’i on diesel submarines. Some of you will remember 20% of American submarines left Pacific ports never to return. I…
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Veteran’s Day or Remembrance Day–do the poppies make a difference?
The Yuletide Bride presented me with both challenges and interesting parameters when I went in search of its setting. Since the original title was “Eleven Pipers Piping,” and those pipers played a role in the inspirational romance, I needed to find the right setting where the pipers could get their instruments. As in, a place where the reeds grew that enabled them to…
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Well, how would you describe bagpipes?
I love the rhyme and the pun of these words: The Yuletide Bride by Michelle Ule. What could be better than that? How about a short novella story that features a young man working hard to save up the incredible sum of $70 to win the hand of his young sweetheart in 1874 Nebraska? What if we mix in pan…
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