I spent an evening at a local library recently, and from my study room I saw these two fawns and their mother. They surprised and delighted me, but I don’t think I bothered them a bit. They didn’t even look up from their meal. What surprises have you had recently? Theresa HuppTheresa is the award-winning […]
I am a really good planner and organizer. I don’t say this boastfully, but as a matter of fact. I keep a detailed to-do list, complete with due dates and timeframes. I schedule work time on my calendar, with specific things to finish in each block of time. I relish checking off accomplished tasks, and
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Last week I got to walk on a beach for the first time in several years. And it was sunset. This photo was taken at Golden Gardens in Seattle. I hope I don’t have to wait several more years for a repeat. When was the last time you walked on a beach? Theresa HuppTheresa is
I was in the Woodneath Branch of the Mid-Continent Public Library recently and walked through their Read Local section where they feature books by local authors. Three of my books were on the shelf — Forever Mine, My Hope Secured, and Now I’m Found. My other two novels, Lead Me Home and Safe Thus Far,
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My daughter-in-law (who is Finnish) gave me a vase designed by Alvar Aalto, a Finnish architect and designer. I love the waving lines, and we display it in our great room—one of the few non-utilitarian pieces in our home. Our house faces a golf course, and occasionally we get an errant golf ball on our
Although I prefer the ocean, I enjoy being in the mountains, too. Mountains show us the grandeur and timelessness of the earth. This photograph is of Olympic Mountains from Hurricane Ridge in the Olympic National Park, where I visited several years ago. You can see the backbone ridges that ran from where I stood out to
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In 1969, when I was in the ninth grade, Home Economics was a required class for girls. We spent a semester on cooking and a semester on sewing, with a smattering of instruction on childcare and household budgeting thrown into the mix. During the cooking semester, we made a banana cream pie. We worked together
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We did some landscaping last summer. I am not a gardener, so that means I hired someone to do it for us. In a corner of our backyard, we had five black-eyed Susans and five coneflowers planted. This year, the black-eyed Susans are going gangbusters. Unfortunately, only one of the coneflower plants grew again this
One of my book clubs has chosen Appetite for America: How Visionary Businessman Fred Harvey Built a Railroad Hospitality Empire That Civilized the Wild West, by Stephen Fried, as our next book. As a writer of historical fiction about the American West, I’ve done some research into the era covered by this book. But Fried’s
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I made cobbler with fresh peaches for the first time this season this week, then ate the first serving when it was still warm. The true mark of summer. The peach cobbler recipe I use is posted over on my blog. What’s your favorite summer dessert? Theresa HuppTheresa is the award-winning author of historical fiction