How to Handle the Critics in Your Life

How to Handle the Critics in Your Life

“And, of course, with the birth of the first artist came the inevitable afterbirth- the critic.” – Mel Brook’s “Birth of the Art Critic.” Getting a publisher interested in my first novel, Voice on the Prairie, was a fulfillment of years of hard work, rejection...
Leaning in to Love: A Feral Cat Becomes Our Pet

Leaning in to Love: A Feral Cat Becomes Our Pet

A feral calico cat who has lurked around our barn for months has transformed into a love-hungry creature that follows our family around lookin’ for love. If you would ask Patches, I believe she would agree with me that love is the most transformational force in...