family life

On being a cardigan

“If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad.” ― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey Our daughters are potted plants, yearning for the deck or porch after a long season indoors. It’s time for big sky, for wind and rain. It’s time for the occasional dandelion fluff to drift… Continue reading On being a cardigan

books, romance, spiritual life

Final chapters of free-read Christmas novella

It's a wrap! Here are the final chapters of Stand Still & Chill. Thanks for reading and sharing and MERRY CHRISTMAS!! Stand Still & Chill Volume 2 of the Match Made in Almost Heaven duo CHAPTERS 21-30 (the final chapters) story by Nora Edinger noraedinger.com cover design by Phyllis Sigal Copyright 2023 dedicated to Erica… Continue reading Final chapters of free-read Christmas novella

books, romance, spiritual life

More chapters of free Christmas novella!

Volume 2 of the Match Made in Almost Heaven duo CHAPTERS 11-20 story by Nora Edinger noraedinger.com cover design by Phyllis Sigal Copyright 2023 dedicated to Erica and Rachel ***** Dear Reader, I hope you enjoy reading this Christmas romance, done in the heart-lightening spirit of the season, as much as I enjoyed writing it.… Continue reading More chapters of free Christmas novella!

books, romance, spiritual life

Free-Read Christmas Novella

In the spirit of the holidays and in the joyful style of Hallmark, here is the first installment of Stand Still & Chill, a free-read novella set in West Virginia's beautiful Canaan Valley. Look for more chapters over the next two weekends! Stand Still & Chill Volume 2 of the Match Made in Almost Heaven… Continue reading Free-Read Christmas Novella

family life, spiritual life

A trail of book crumbs

I thought I knew all the juicy family "secrets." The marriages, the not-quite marriages and, well, the one about the many-greated uncle -- a farmer who was shot to death on a dirt road I have actually walked. The story is that my relative discovered someone was stealing his chicken feed and he poisoned the… Continue reading A trail of book crumbs