So this weekend I was moaning about how much easier blogging is during an election cycle. There is literally always something to blog about during elections. Like:1) What candidates are really saying during debates.2) How I can wash a sink full of dishes faster than Herman Cain’s slow smile at the end of the funniest and most flabbergasting campaign commercial ever.3) …
When to make up your mind about people.
So a friend and I were talking about old movies this week…which is pretty normal if you know me. I mean, if we’re friends for more than five minutes, probably at some point in the next five we’ll talk about the merits of studio-era Hollywood. Didn’t always treat their actors so well, but man, they made good movies. And anyway, …
Welcome Mat Wednesday: Cynthia Ruchti
Yay, today author Cynthia Ruchti is hanging out at Tag(g)lines. I met Cynthia last year at the ACFW Conference and had the opportunity to gush in person to her about her book They Almost Always Come Home. Cynthia’s latest book, When the Morning Glory Blooms, just released and I’m itching to read it. She has such a wonderful writing voice! And …
Welcome Mat Wednesday: Cynthia Ruchti
Yay, today author Cynthia Ruchti is hanging out at Tag(g)lines. I met Cynthia last year at the ACFW Conference and had the opportunity to gush in person to her about her book They Almost Always Come Home. Cynthia’s latest book, When the Morning Glory Blooms, just released and I’m itching to read it. She has such a wonderful writing voice! And …
Yes, *that* song is in my iTunes.
Remember tapes?!?! Photo credit: stock.xchng So this weekend I hung out in Chicago…such good times. And on the way home, I’m blaring the tunes to keep myself awake when “Hey Ya” by OutKast comes on. And I do the exact same thing I do every time this song comes on…Cringe at the fact that I own the song.And that I …
Authenticity Cary Grant-style.
Possibly my favorite Cary Grant role: David in Bringing Up Baby. Although I might like him even better in His Girl Friday. But who can forget The Philadelphia Story? Or Charade? Or That Touch of Mink? Or…fine, I’ll stop. The truth is, I’m kind of a nerd when it comes to old movies. And by “kind of” I mean “really” …
Welcome Mat Wednesday: Beth Pensinger
I’m really not sure when I discovered Beth Pensinger’s blog. I know it was more than a year ago and I know the first time I saw her website, I decided it was one of the coolest looking sites I’d seen. Still is. She is a fabulously fun writer and blogger…and I love her sense of humor. So when I heard …
The cross.
How does a person, a writer even, find the right words for Good Friday?Or do we even need words?Because, really, the cross says it all. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you. Photo credit: stock.xchng ***** p.s. I will be taking an Easter holiday mini-blog break on Monday. I hope you have a blessed Easter, celebrating Christ’s Resurrection! See you back here on …
Welcome Mat Wednesday: Ian Acheson
It’s kind of a monumental day here at Tag(g)lines…we have our first international guest! Author Ian Acheson comes to us from down under…i.e. Australia! How exciting is that? The only thing that would make today’s post better would be if I had a video of all Ian’s answers so we could hear his accent. 🙂 Ian is the author of …
A Graphic Novel Inspired by Super Ollie
Artwork by artist Kelly Williams for METAPHASE, a graphic novel written by Chip Reece. Anyone who’s been around Tag(g)lines for any amount of time knows I’m crazy about my adorable nephew Oliver.Ollie was born in 2010 with Down Syndrome and two congenital heart defects. Within his first 24 hours, he was life flighted to Children’s Mercy in Kansas City where …