Spectators at the Parade by Norman Rockwell "I want a little piece of peace." People go lots of places in search of peace: a moun...

Us Me: I think you're starting to rub off on me. Dee: That's good. I've been trying to lose some weight.

John Allen Bagley 1862-1941 What if your star character was kind of a character? Here is an excerpt from a chapter I wrote about my great...

Carol lived a parallel life through the backyard gate. We played jacks together, boondoggled lanyard necklaces for our roller-skate keys, ...

Let's write some books! I'm going to start two this year: The Write Idea (a book about writing) and Bagley Beginnings (a book on m...

"A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart well enough to sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words." Than...

Illustration from My Picture Book of Songs Look who's here . . . Happy New Year!

After a day of repairing antique books, and perusing his stamp collection with Jake, Dee was checking the progress of his secret recipe for...

What's my point? I'm truly wondering. Not "what's the point," but what's mine . A good thing about being a mid-l...

The sniffles. Dee's coughing and sneezing. My ears are popping and my throat is sore. He's unwrapping brand-new Kleenex boxes. And I...

Art by Eloise Wilkin An African child listened carefully as his teacher explained why Christians give presents to each other on Christmas Da...

Did he come yet? Wow! That was fast. He's already in my rear-view mirror. Hope your Christmas is merry and bright!

It was hard to fit our Christmas Spirit into our one-bedroom mobile home. We were the new kids on campus, married in September, and excited ...

"Refugees from Eastern European countries need a Christmas." I heard this announcement on the radio one year in late November and ...

Dear Old Santa It all started when I decided to simplify Christmas. I even bought a book about it. After it sat on my desk for a few days, u...