Uncategorized… Should You Narrow the Focus of Your Blog? 23 Mar 201323 Mar 2013 Check out my new writing site: Renee Johnson Writes. This is its premier post. Let me know what you think. It is still a work in progress, but I hope…
spiritual… Blue Ceiling with Yellow Stars 14 Mar 201314 Mar 2013 "I have finished that chapel I was painting. The Pope is quite satisfied." - Michelangelo My friend Paula and I had set out to Italy to fulfill a nearly lifelong desire…
Uncategorized The Burden of Tax Season 8 Mar 2013 Tax inflation is causing anxiety around the world, especially in Europe and most notably in France. Many people are leaving their homeland to avoid being gouged - some rates being as…
Uncategorized Remains of a King 10 Feb 2013 Have you heard? The skeletal remains of King Richard III have been found underneath a parking lot in Leicester - (pronounced Lester) - England, about a hundred miles north of…
Entertainment… The Groundhog is 90 3 Feb 20133 Feb 2013 So many of you have sent such good thoughts and wishes concerning my mother that I thought you would like to know that she is up and celebrating her 90th…
family… Winter Wonderland 21 Jan 2013 Snow provokes responses that reach right back to childhood. - Andy Goldsworthy We have been blessed with a winter's wonderland. It didn't make bad driving conditions because temperatures had been…
Entertainment… Easy Reading is Damn Hard Writing 1 Dec 20121 Dec 2012 I have known people who thought the ultimate criticism was to have someone tell them that their manuscript was easy to read. And I have known commenters who snickered about their…
family… A Grateful Nation 20 Nov 2012 When most of us think of Thanksgiving tradition we go all the way back to 1621 and the first Thanksgiving feast attended by fifty-three Pilgrims and ninety Native Americans. It…
holiday… Touchdown! It’s November! 1 Nov 2012 Wow. October went by really fast, didn't it? So the uber-busy month of November has witnessed its kick-off and the mad rush toward everything has begun. By everything I mean…
Entertainment… An Autumn Walk With Gretel 21 Oct 2012 These two are my precious loves - my son Caleb, and my dog-ter Gretel! This was taken about a week ago on Gretel's first birthday. We celebrated by buying her some…