by skimhenson | Aug 19, 2010 | renovations for home and life
August 14, 2010 was the first day since my blog’s start-up that I didn’t have one single online visitor. Not one. Zero hits for 24 hours. I checked back two days in a row, as if viewers may use time travel and return to Saturday. No luck. To top it off, I took it...
by skimhenson | Aug 16, 2010 | writing words to live by
C.J. Darlington, in 2008, was awarded a contract with Tyndale House Publishers by Jerry B. Jenkins at his Writing for the Soul Conference. C.J. began writing her novel when she was 15. Almost that many years later, she saw Thicker than Blood in print. And its...
by skimhenson | Aug 13, 2010 | courage, funny ones
The Wizard of Oz debuted in 1939. The movie celebrates its 71st birthday this year. Its popularity steadily increased through the decades, maybe because each one of us can relate to at least one of the characters. Dorothy and her friends tug at our heart strings. Like...
by skimhenson | Aug 11, 2010 | food
Covered wagons aren’t just out west, folks. Like everything that ends up in the south, we like to deep fry it like chicken or put sugar in it like sweet tea. If it’s dipped in chocolate, that’s even better. Southern cooks can bake a little piece of heaven without...
by skimhenson | Aug 9, 2010 | talent, writing words to live by
“Not all those who wander are lost,” said J. R. R. Tolkien. “But some of us wander a lot longer than others,” I’d like to add. Recently I submitted a job application to a local technical school. It was the sixth one like it. I received my...