by Olivia | Jun 18, 2012 | Lens on Life, Uncategorized
Don’t scroll past the photo! I’m writing this post because I love this photo. These are two of my sister’s kids in their dog’s cage a couple of years ago. (Yes, he’s a big dog, a curious, friendly yellow lab. He takes up the whole cage now.) I stayed with my sister...
by Olivia | Jun 15, 2012 | Mama Says, Uncategorized
When I was growing up, every Sunday after church we had pot roast, mashed potatoes, peas, gravy, and Brown ‘n’ Serve rolls. I can smell it now. I never quite got the hang of going off to church and still managing to put a great meal on the table more or less...
by Olivia | Jun 13, 2012 | Books in Process, Uncategorized
Last week I was in Chicago for two book signing events. Both were extremely local to the setting of The Pursuit of Lucy Banning. Like right on the street where she lives, the real Avenue of Dreams. Like at the neighbor’s house. Like I kept expecting to look up and see...
by Olivia | Jun 11, 2012 | Lens on Life, Uncategorized
I remember the day my dad said to me, “Is everything copacetic?” I was a teenager and had to admit I did not know what that word meant. (And English was not even my dad’s first language.) When I once tried the word out on my own teenager, he did not know what it meant...
by Olivia | Jun 8, 2012 | Mama Says, Uncategorized
Do you ever have haiku moments? Not long ago I read something that defined haiku as more than just a poem with 17 syllables. This art form also captures the essence of a person’s connection to the beauty of nature at that moment. Recently my mother was telling me how...
