IT’S AUGUST?! Where did July go??? I feel like it absolutely blitzed by. Like, I didn’t do half of what I wanted to do… sigh. Oh, well. August is here to enjoy. What’s that Morgan Harper Nichols piece about letting August be August? I fought with it...

Hi guys! Katja here with the first-place winner of our Q2 contest, “Danny’s Peaches” ©2026 by Anna Myer. Please enjoy it with me! TW: grief following a death She stood at the counter, cutting peaches. Outside the grass was green and the breeze soft....

Ooo, I finally get to do this one! Let’s dive in. Rules: Questions: I feel like there are a thousand good answers to this, but I’ll go with In Freedom’s Cause: A Story of Wallace & Bruce by G.A. Henty. This book became my entire personality for a...

This post was originally published as a guest post on Andrea Renee Cox’s blog, Writing to Inspire. Thank you, Andrea! Have you ever read a book set in Canada? What about one set in Québec, a.k.a. French Canada? What about in non-New France Québec? On...

SEVEN YEARS IN A ROW, Y’ALL!! I would love to make it to 10 😆 If you’re interested, you can find my past posts here, here, here, here, here, AND here. (Also, in the interest of crediting creators, I believe the origins of this tag appears to be Ely...

Hi folks! Brief note from Katja here. I asked L.E. Levens to share about her writing process/research for her upcoming book, which is part of a lovely WWII trilogy, and which I just finished. Take it away, L.E.! I was a little daunted when Katja aske...

You may notice a slight change to the spelling of our annual party name… That’s in honor of our Canadian hostess, Katja Labonté! Five Fall Favourites sign-ups! Click the link above to read the full post 🙂

BUT FIRST! I have an announcement and a giveaway, so be sure to read all of this. Hear ye, hear ye! 🎺 That’s right! The 11th annual Five Fall Favourites blog party is back. Yes, we’re spelling it with a U this year. And we’re doing that because your...

Happy summer, cupcakes!!! It’s going by so fast, but I am enjoying it 💙 we’ve finally got the pool ready to use, we have plans to go on a trip next week, and I splurged by getting a whole stack of library books out last time I went. I probably won’t...

If the devil can’t get you because you’re bad, he’ll get you because you’re good. How’s that for a startling opening? Allow me to explain. I had reached a high point in my spiritual life. I’d had a breakthrough or two; I was reading my Bible daily, w...