For all of my readers and followers who are celebrating today, I hope you have a Happy Easter!


Colorful Easter eggs are an icon this time of year. But coloring Easter eggs are a fairly new phenomenon, whose idea came from a lovely poem written in 1863.
Happy New Year! May 2024 be our happiest yet!
Autumn is the perfect season for writers to reflect on the art of letting go. Just as trees release their leaves, writers can release scenes, drafts, and ideas that no longer serve their stories.
Now that Advent is here, It’s time to choose my Advent book. And this year, I’m reading The True Saint Nicholas: Why He Matters to Christmas. So far, it’s great!
We all love to say “the book was better,” but sometimes the movie gets it just right. From sweeping romances to iconic adaptations, here’s a list of my favorite films that actually outshined their source material—and made me fall in love all over again.
Sharon Wray shares a recipe for Dutch Apple Cake which appears in Washington Irving’s classic short story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. A cake eaten by Icacod Crane right before he was beheaded by the Headless Horseman.