Good morning!
I am looking out my windows. The bottle brush tree is in full bloom. In Florida, some trees bloom several times a year. My husband has a bird feeder hanging from a limb. There are two cardinals chowing down in a hurry. The squirrels will soon frighten them away. A red, plastic dish hanging on the wire above the feeder is meant to keep the critters from reaching the seed. Somehow, they manage to sway the feeder enough to scatter seed from the ledge to the ground.
The pasture below us extends several acres. The farmer sold land beyond to a dog park owner. It is quite a vista. Often, I sit in my swing and just think and pray and take in the natural beauty surrounding our modest ranch home. My recently purchased piano also faces the meadow. I am truly blessed.
The protagonist from my crime novel- "The Christmas Slayings"- turned 48 on the 27th of this month. We e-mail one another frequently. It works much quicker than the U.S. mail and costs less. She was very sad to report no one wished her a happy birthday but me. I sent her a health and beauty aides package but it has not arrived. She submitted a list to me and then wrote back saying she hoped she didn't scare me off. I am her only contact, as far as I know, to the outside world. She has been incarcerated for 21 years and will serve a life-time. If you are inclined, please pray for her. Her name is Heather.
Have a great week-end! We are off to the Greek festival.
Yaya Phyllis
Saturday, February 29, 2020
Thursday, February 27, 2020
Leap Year
Dear Friends,
Every four years, we are blessed with an extra day! Happy early birthday to my friends with February 29th birthdays. I would love to hear how you celebrate the other three years! Please comment....
I will not forget this February 29th. Why? I will receive my first royalty check for "The Christmas Slayings" which launched in December. Thank you to all who have purchased it. I hope you like it and if you do, please publish a brief review on Amazon.
I am corresponding with the protagonist in this novel. She will be 48 years old soon and has been serving a life sentence since the age of 21. Although she didn't shoot anybody, she was with the gang and received as long a sentence as one of the two shooters. She believes God has a purpose for her life and is relatively content serving the Lord in prison. What purpose? For one thing, she facilitates Celebrate Recovery which is a Christian addiction recovery program. In addition, she scares young women straight. Those serving brief sentences see what poor choices can result in and want no part of becoming a "lifer". She says she works from 6:00 a.m. till 3:00 pm sewing flags. She likes the work. It puts her in contact with other women and makes the days go quickly.
If you have read this post, please comment to encourage me to write often. I have been on a sabbatical, so to speak, because I was not getting responses. As Heather ends each of her jail e-mails to me, be safe and thank you for your prayers.
Yaya Phyllis
Every four years, we are blessed with an extra day! Happy early birthday to my friends with February 29th birthdays. I would love to hear how you celebrate the other three years! Please comment....
I will not forget this February 29th. Why? I will receive my first royalty check for "The Christmas Slayings" which launched in December. Thank you to all who have purchased it. I hope you like it and if you do, please publish a brief review on Amazon.
I am corresponding with the protagonist in this novel. She will be 48 years old soon and has been serving a life sentence since the age of 21. Although she didn't shoot anybody, she was with the gang and received as long a sentence as one of the two shooters. She believes God has a purpose for her life and is relatively content serving the Lord in prison. What purpose? For one thing, she facilitates Celebrate Recovery which is a Christian addiction recovery program. In addition, she scares young women straight. Those serving brief sentences see what poor choices can result in and want no part of becoming a "lifer". She says she works from 6:00 a.m. till 3:00 pm sewing flags. She likes the work. It puts her in contact with other women and makes the days go quickly.
If you have read this post, please comment to encourage me to write often. I have been on a sabbatical, so to speak, because I was not getting responses. As Heather ends each of her jail e-mails to me, be safe and thank you for your prayers.
Yaya Phyllis
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