My father, engineer
This slide rule belonged to my dad, the engineer. Eldred W. Hough, although he was the oldest son, wasn’t named
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Thomas Hough, immigrant and entrepreneur
Thomas Hough, an enterprising young man, was born in 1844 into a lower-class family in Yorkshire, England, and didn’t like
Granny Jennie’s mother, stuck on the prairie
This is about Granny Jennie’s mother Mary Jane, who dominated the Illinois prairie around her in the late 1800s but
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Granny Jennie, a genteel lady
My Granny Jennie, born in 1885, hand-painted this pitcher in an art class in college. She had a college degree,
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My grandfather, a surveyor
I am sorting stuff from the attic and basement. I ran across my grandfather’s precision surveying instrument. Later on I
Devotional, Guest posts
What do disciples, writers, and faith have in common?
How many times have we as writers been discouraged, passed over for a book contract, received a rejection letter or fought writer’s block? What did we do? Peter gives us a great example of what we should do. His faith inspires us to step out of our comfort zone and meet Jesus. But we can all relate to what happened next. Peter turned his attention to the storm.
Guest posts
The Writer, Your Servant
I had a big hurdle to get over when it came to becoming a writer—someone who wrote seriously and often, as opposed to someone who just scribbled down thoughts now and again or played endlessly with stories in her head.