Driving back from the orthodontist yesterday, my kids and I were chatting. My 13-year-old is going to do an oral report on Walt Disney. “I need a prop,” she said. “I think I have a Pooh Bear stuffed animal. Didn’t he make up Winnie the Pooh?”
I read the “classic” Pooh stories by A.A. Milne to […]
In a couple of weeks, I will be making my way up Interstate 87 North through the Adirondacks to the “Weekend of Hope” in Stowe, Vermont—the place—where I hung my first flag of “Hope and Healing” alongside the hand-painted flags of other cancer survivors from across the nation.
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I have been teaching a bible study in my home for the past gazillion years. At least sometimes it feels that way. There’s not a week that goes by that I don’t feel unworthy to speak about the Word of God. But, week after week, I do. Some weekends find me on a plane, heading […]
Hello everyone,
Cheryll here, guest blogging for Allison who is putting the finishing touches on her non-fiction book and is locked in her office.
I just finished putting the finishing touches on our April Dream-zine scheduled to hit the mailboxes of our readers on Wednesday evening. Remember, if you haven’t signed up for it yet, […]
My husband is taking psychology classes as part of his degree, and a professor recently asked him to participate in a Feel-O-Meter study. Richard was to choose a time and a place and savor all the sounds, smells, sights, and sensory experiences. Later, Richard asked me to read his paper. It started like this:
I chose […]
Late in the afternoon, that familiar question teases the corners of my mind: what’s for dinner?
Sometimes I’m on top of the situation, having put something in the crock pot in the morning or planned ahead enough to thaw some chicken or steaks.
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One of my favorite things to do while I’m in California is to visit “Sociale” (pronounced: “SO-SHEE-AH-LAY!”)—the restaurant owned by my husband’s family—nestled off the beaten path in a quiet nook of San Francisco called Pacific Heights.
What makes this place so special—besides the great Italian food—is the fact I feel at “home” as soon as […]
Allison Bottke is the founder of Boomer Babes Rock, God Allows U-Turns, and the International SANITY Support Group Network. She is the author or editor of more than 23 non-fiction and fiction books. Her column for boomer women appears monthly in Christian Women Online (CWO).