My grandmother influenced me so deeply.

I live in a village where people still care about each other, largely.

One of the things that makes a dead leaf fall to the ground is the bud of the new leaf that pushes it off the limb.

Easter is never deserved.

Phillipians 4:13 for Pete's sake!

Love is an endless act of forgiveness.

There may be circumstances in this life that God uses to keep bringing us back to Him, looking for His grace.

In World War One, they called it shell shock. Second time around, they called it battle fatigue. After 'Nam, it was post-traumatic stress disorder.

So many people don't know that God loves them. They feel, 'Why would God love me? Why would He be interested in me?

Loving can be hard. Sometimes we don't feel loving, but it isn't all about feeling. Very often it is about will. Practice that if you can.

My first novel is loaded with food references largely because my cupboards were bare, and I was writing hungry.

Good. That is it. You will see with your hands, I promise you.

It takes more courage to smile than to frown. So meet the world with a smile and the courageous will smile back.

A wise old owl once told me, One time when he was out of his tree, That nothing in this world is for free.I agree!

Solyndra is a great investment in our future

I am and will remain a tax resident in France and in this regard I will, like all French people, fulfill my fiscal obligations.

Snow makes cities innocent again, reveals the frailty of the human gesture against the void.

Testing, we will never do enough of it.

If I ever have a family one day, everything else will pale in importance to that.

Loving myself and thinking joyful, happy thoughts is the quickest way to create a wonderful life.

No individual can win a game by himself.