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Accessibility and COVID-19

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Accessibility and COVID-19

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COVID-19 is all over the news. It is impacting people all over the world. Businesses are shutting down. Schools and universities are moving to virtual course delivery. Events are canceling or moving online. Bars and restaurants have closed dining and…

National Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week 2020

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National Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week 2020

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March 8 to 14 this year is National Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week, which is a good time to update you on my wife’s disability. Angie was diagnosed with Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis in July 1997. Over the years this has required us to adjust our…

RPG.net Reviews Refractions of Glasston

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RPG.net Reviews Refractions of Glasston

February 28, 2020

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The Call of Cthulhu scenario Refractions of Glasston, written by the Taylor University Professional Writing students, continues to receive positive reviews. The students and I have been humbled by all the reviews thus far. We have two new reviews from…

My Game Master Covenant

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My Game Master Covenant

February 14, 2020

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Ever since listening to Episode 115 of the Saving the Game podcast, I have been been mulling over the concept of providing game master rules to my players. It was a side discussion on the podcast about putting into writing…

My Freelancer Thanksgiving 2019

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My Freelancer Thanksgiving 2019

November 29, 2019

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This weekend is the Thanksgiving holiday here in the US. With all the challenges regarding my back surgery and being apart from Angie, I am really looking forward to extended time with my family. So much to be thankful for…

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On Eagles’ Wings

I, like many people, am fascinated with eagles. Especially bald eagles. They are majestic and beauti [...]

Looking to the Heavens

I am always amazed when looking at a clear night sky. It makes me feel small to realize that I am ju [...]

I am fascinated by whales. During my one visit to Hawai, I was amazed to see a group (pod) of them s [...]

It was a beautiful morning. The night’s chill warming away with the rising of the sun over the Jude [...]

The Artistry of Birds

I enjoy watching birds come to the feeder outside our picture window. They seem to enjoy their free [...]

Sometimes, after a fresh snow, there is a magic time just before sunrise. The hour before the sun ap [...]

The Manger Under the Tree

For some years it has been a custom in our home to place a small Nativity scene at the base of the C [...]

Trials and Blessings

A few weeks ago I took my grandson canoeing and fishing on a secluded lake. It was fun. However, we [...]

Greetings and Information

To my readers, you may have noticed that I have not written for a while. A number of things have occ [...]

I enjoy seeing racoons in the wild. They are cute, looking down from tree limbs. Their movements and [...]

The “Refusing to See” kind of blindness.

My devotional today from Ravi Zacharias stated, “The blindness to the sacred is the cause of all evi [...]

The Fine Art of Self-Deception

I am going off script today and basically ... just rambling. BUT I think there is a pattern of thoug [...]

On the Knowledge of God

The knowledge of God is a vital part of the well-being of your life--spiritually and otherwiseGod de [...]

What a Bad Stain on Your Carpet Does

My daughter worked on her graduation display after I went to bed at 10:30pm. At 12:15am, she spoke i [...]

Countering Any Plot Against You

I have been in a place for the past week or so that feels like there is a plot against me. I cannot [...]

Send me your kids who want to have fun and I'll send you my kids who want to learn.

Re-Imagining Youth Ministry :a blog mentorship experimentYesterday I was visiting with a Senior Past [...]

I'm Kickin' It with Spiritual Gifts

If you have read anything about spiritual gifts, you probably know everything there is to know about [...]

What Could Be Better In My Life?

What would you say is one thing you wish was better about your life? Things on the other side of the [...]

Not all Christians Will Go to Heaven

Not all Christians will go to heaven? What!?!I posted a while back about a lady who asked her pastor [...]

What if I never had to sin again?

What if I never had to sin again? Part 1.I have been pursuing some answers to my sin problem--or my [...]

MS Awareness Week 2020

Sorry I’ve been quiet for so many months! I have a lot of catching up to do, as many changes have co [...]

a late poem… for my Knight/Charioteer

My Knight (tacking on even though National Poetry Month has passed) By Angela Knight A “knight in sh [...]

Poetry of Disability

As Disability, MS, and other similar Awareness Months draw to a close, I thought this would be an ap [...]

“That week”…

What am I talking about? Well, “MS Awareness Week,” March 10-16 2019, officially marked that week, t [...]

Not sure I’m “Cool,” but I can try…

“Be Cool. We Are!” An intriguing theme for Indiana’s Disability Awareness Month. I do encourage you [...]

Too Soon? Pandemic Inspired Gaming

I will start with some of the lyrics to a song I love that taken in this context fit my current life [...]

Accessible Gaming Advocates

As we close out Disability Awareness Month 2020, you may not realize how many people enjoy the gamin [...]

Accessibility and COVID-19

COVID-19 is all over the news. It is impacting people all over the world. Businesses are shutting do [...]

National Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week 2020

March 8 to 14 this year is National Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week, which is a good time to updat [...]

Indiana Disability Awareness Month 2020

March has come again, which means I would like to take a few minutes of your time to discuss Disabil [...]

Life in the woods

Though we are not "out of the woods" yet, we are grateful every day for the beauty around [...]

What's happening . . .

. . . in our neck of the woods:Seasonal blossoms are springing up, the many daffodil varieties plant [...]

It's time to explain my absence from blogging. A week ago today, we laid our mother's tire [...]

Robots and much more

Monday, I visited Mother. In the last month or two she has declined noticeably. I wanted to join her [...]

We've had several days of beautiful winter snow, but none that really hindered us much as the l [...]

Presents and Presentations

Baby shower decorFor Memory Monday, I chose to remember a former professor and family friend who pas [...]

Mr. & Mrs. CardinalFor Memory Monday, a timely and appropriate old photo--Nick Roseberry and our [...]

The kitchen nook where we kept Save the Date and Lighthouse-trip prayer cards, has traded the latter [...]

This is the week of the actual wedding anniversary--January 31, 1970. The celebration has continued [...]

I'm writing this from my daughter's hospital room, which explains why this post is late. B [...]

The wiggly flesh with a waxed hole.Two—trapping the skull.Cotton stuffed inside to paralyzes their o [...]

In case of a fire, do not use the elevator.In case of rejection, don't run to your father.In ca [...]

An Adulteress's Dream

I have a lullaby for an adulteress.Rest your head, but not next to your husband.Close your eyes and [...]

Copyright 2017 Tamara PeachyI am naut pregnant.I just have an extended belly from late night popcorn [...]

Copyright 2017I was not made to save the black man.I was not old enough to save the Indian.I can [...]

There is only hope in this,no mistake.This foundation is sure.There is only hope in this.Every promi [...]

I will His pleasure be.The luscious holiness of His gaze will silence my armies.My cruel boredom and [...]

The swirl of the cutting knife...the slash of the open wound...heals in body and in soul.The day I l [...]

Suddenly, I have no more past.The hand reaching for more than it can grasp,and suddenly touch.Sudden [...]

He's coming after me.Reigning on the earth.A Spirit of wisdom and revelation.He is searching th [...]

OMG, It’s Monday! Prayer

Lord, Thank You for the ingenuity that created Skype, Zoom, and other programs so we can connect wit [...]

Playground Justice for All

Though adorable, little people firmly believe the cosmos revolves around me. I’m first, while the re [...]

OMG, It’s Monday! Prayer: Lots to Celebrate!

Oh, Lord, thank You for the energy and focus to finish book number 24. Couldn’t go out to celebrate, [...]

Hidden Treasure

When you hear the word “treasure,” do your ears perk up like a kitty’s at the whirr of a can opener? [...]

OMG, It’s Monday! Prayer: Missing the Touchy-Feely

O Lord, everyone’s wearing masks and bumping elbows. No handshakes. No hugging allowed! OMG, You ar [...]

Dancing with the Wind

Clutching my second grade reader, I watched cars and semis whiz past on the highway, but my school b [...]

OMG, It’s Monday! Prayer: Crazy Crocus Courage

No way, they said. It can’t happen, they said. But OMG, thank You that nothing could or can keep the [...]

Ahhhh … Ewww! or Aaa-chooo!

Say the word “lilac,” and ghosts of perfumes past waft through me. Bushes pour their lush scent thro [...]

OMG, It’s Monday! Prayer: Are We Grownups Yet?

O Lord, I thank You for a steaming cup of coffee this chilly March morning. My husband thanks You fo [...]

When I was a preschooler, my mother said umbrellas kept high-wire performers from falling. Would car [...]

Tips for Planning your UK Vacation, Part 2

In my previous post, I discussed making arrangements for travel to the UK and pointed out several re [...]

Where Fancy Wanders, Feet Should Follow

A Castle Old And Grey by Alexander Anderson, Scottish Poet I never see a castle That is gaunt [...]

Tamara Leigh: One of My Favorite Authors

There are so many good books out there that rarely do I spend my precious time reading any of them t [...]

Y2K. The Mayan Calendar. The Nibiru Cataclysm. The End of the World?

Today is Friday the 13th, so I suppose I rather expected my social media accounts to contain more th [...]

Medieval mongrels…

On Saturday, I’ll be taking my doggie to intermediate puppy obedience class at AlphK9U in Fishers, I [...]

Taylor University Professional Writing conference 2017

Taylor University Professional Writing Conference 2017 The second annual Taylor University Profess [...]

Of Power and Potties

The power was out today. According to the electric company, it was out for 30,000 people. My daughte [...]

Taylor University Professional Writing Conference 2016

It has been just over a week since the conclusion of the first annual Taylor University Professional [...]

Maid to be a Bride

Out now! When Lady Daphne Battencourt’s uncle arranges for her to marry a wealthy, but vulgar, trade [...]

Sword of the Fairvern

My full length medieval time travel romance is finally available on Amazon.com! Available in digital [...]

Sweets and Stress

I am not entirely sure who first pointed out that stressed was desserts spelled backward. Anyone wit [...]

Of Names and Mysteries

Delbert. Who was he? I didn’t know much about him or the other people whose names graced the pages o [...]

The Word Not Chosen

Like most people, I am starting 2020 with multiple plans to start the new year right — and a plethor [...]

Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas

Wishing you and yours a blessed Christmas as you celebrate the Savior’s birth! A Short Devotional Wh [...]

A Child’s Guide to Paying a Compliment

They (those mysterious purveyors of all opinions) say to write what you know. Writers will agree tha [...]

E-bikes and Me-Powered Bikes

I have recently discovered that I am a biker chick. No, I am not revving the engine of a motorcycle [...]

Exhaustion and Dining Companions

Moving is exhausting. Writing conferences are exhausting. Vacations are exhausting. So, of course, i [...]

Litbits, Bitbits, and More Inspired Bits

I recently received a Fitbit. Although I am still getting used to all the functions, I find it fun t [...]

6 Tips for Parents to Help Their Kids Survive as Virtual College Students

Last week’s post about surviving as a virtual college student offered some basic info for many stude [...]

6 Tips for Surviving as a Virtual College Student

With the current closing and moving to online classes of many schools and universities (including mi [...]

An Ode to My Typewriter

Sitting here typing away on my laptop has become second nature. There are moments, however, when I f [...]

Close Reading — It’s Good for You

Back in June of 2015, I wrote a post about how excited I was to teach a class in our Professional Wr [...]

In Love with God’s Word: Bible Reading Plans

The Bible is a funny book. Imagine if publishers today were trying to consider various books of the [...]

In Love with God’s Word: Scripture Engagement & Journaling

I have a strange problem. As much as I love God’s Word and as important as I know it is for me in my [...]

Catching Up …

From the fire at the end of August to our now sadly undecorated and still unfinished restoration tha [...]

In love with God’s Word—even thru fiery trials

We sat in our typical living room spots, my husband and I, bingeing something on Netflix as we unwou [...]

In Love with God’s Word: The LASB Commentaries

After we completed several versions of the Life Application Study Bibles (as I’ve mentioned in the l [...]

In Love with God’s Word — and Its Many Versions

When the complete Life Application Study Bible in The Living Bible paraphrase came out around 1988 ( [...]

Once Upon An Irish Summer

Once Upon An Irish Summer by Wendy Wilson Spooner came to me through a friend. Through Richard Paul [...]

Free Unit Study: Early Civilizations

Early Civilizations is a fun, highly interactive unit study about the time period 2000 B.C. to 1001 [...]

On Your 21st Birthday

Happiest 21st birthday, my dearest! By society’s definition, on this 21st birthday you are officiall [...]

Free Unit Study: The Genesis

The Genesis is a fun, highly interactive unit study. While you can use The Genesis with pretty much [...]

Faith When the Unthinkable Strikes

Rhonda Robinson tackles the tough topics of abuse, suicide, violence, and betrayal. Her new release, [...]

Fresh Ways With Valentines Day

More than a feeling, love is an action. On Valentine’s Day, and every day, what are fresh ways to de [...]

Better Health Through Rest

Are you weary? Is your family tired? Is your work team running on empty? “How are you?” We ask one a [...]

There’s A Baby in the Barn!

“There’s a baby in the barn!” Yearly, church Christmas pageants reenact the world-changing birth of [...]

Remembering Mary

Remembering Mary, she found favor with God. Is that a good thing? What does God’s favor look like? A [...]

Fiction Lovers Christmas Party

Fiction Lovers Christmas Party December 9, 6:00pm – December 10, Noon EST 5 Featured Authors with 6 [...]