Titanic Fleet Launches

A worldwide fleet of Titanic novels, histories, dramas, musicals, documentaries and films have launched during this year’s 100th anniversary of the luxury liner’s maiden voyage and sinking.   Christian fiction authors, determined to find messages of hope and redemption in Titanic’s wake, have not missed the boat. The list includes, in order of release:   Promise Me This, by Cathy …

Great Reads For “Downton Abbey” Fans

Amazon recently compiled a list of “Great Reads for Downton Abbey Fans,” and to my delight, included Promise Me This! Watching Seasons I and II of Downton Abbey was like watching the research for Promise Me This race across my television screen: England and France in living color. I was mesmerized by the lavish costumes, the wonderfully drawn characters—upstairs and …

Happy St. Patrick’s Day

The greening of the forest outside my office window has come. Skunk cabbage raises its impertinent, emerald head along the Laurel Run, beckoning me to explore the creek banks in search of spring. Bright blue periwinkle crowds the ground cover in the garden outside my kitchen. Daffodil leaves have not only pushed through a rain-wet earth, but have grown straight …

Opening Day

I pour my first cup of coffee—fragrant and strong—and smile as I open this beautiful new website. Today I enter my first Journal Notes from Laurelea. I’m new to blogging, but eager to make new friends. I’ll be right here on Fridays, strolling through my garden or sitting by the fire, a steaming mug of joe or piping hot cup …