The woman looking at my paperwork glanced up and verified my hometown. "How'd you get here to South Dakota?" she said, almost in passing. Picturing the miles between where I started and where I ended up, I smiled and said simply, "Via some back roads." Isn't that the case more often than not? How often do we … Continue reading Along the Back Roads
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The Power of the Impossible
What a crazy few months it's been! Thought with this month's post I'd give a bit of an update. I recently got back home from my working traveling adventure. Three months, fourteen states, and 12,000 miles later, I'm energized and ready to dive into another writing project. My next manuscript, In Lieu of a Plot, will … Continue reading The Power of the Impossible
Jewels
I don't often write---let alone share---poetry, but today I felt lead to share a sample. It was written a few years back in another country by what feels like another person, but the truth of what God was showing me at the time remains unchanged. Hope it speaks to someone. Jewels "Why me?" I … Continue reading Jewels
Clash of the Accents: “Here” vs “Hair”
Time for a humorous story! Things have gotten a little heavy around The Empty Inkwell lately, so I thought I dig deep into my abounding arsenal of awkward experiences and serve up some self-deprecation for everyone's amusement. Enjoy a cringe on me. 😉 When I lived Down Under, accents got me in trouble more than once. One … Continue reading Clash of the Accents: “Here” vs “Hair”
When There’s Just No Tellin’
As I write, I'm a week out from the day this is will post. Looking ahead at the calendar, I see that that Monday I will be a thousand miles from where I now sit and will be getting ready to hit the road again as I start a temporary job on the home school convention … Continue reading When There’s Just No Tellin’
On the Eve of a Deadline
Here I am hours before I have a post due and I have to admit I honestly tried going to bed early. I tried all the excuses about why I should just skip this month's post. Most of them were quite valid, and it was a most interesting debate, but you can see which me … Continue reading On the Eve of a Deadline
When the Lost is Found
As she took a final look, she concluded the earring was nowhere in her luggage. She sighed, looking out the window at the first snowfall of December. It had been her favorite pair. She'd worn those earrings everywhere, often forgetting to take them out at night. Her eyes stung suddenly, though not from the harsh glare. It … Continue reading When the Lost is Found
If Infinity Is the End
For one moment last month, I thought I was going to die. And now that you probably have a vision of me flipping a car or falling off a roof, I must admit it was nothing so dramatic. I was struggling to breathe, choking on a bite of food I'd hoped would give me the … Continue reading If Infinity Is the End
Embracing the Struggle
You know when you hear a morsel of truth and all you can do is slap the nearest desk and say, “Yes! YES!”? That recently happened to me when I ran across this quote by Madeleine L’Engle: “Those who believe they believe in God, but without passion in the heart, without anguish of mind, without … Continue reading Embracing the Struggle
Too Important
I recently sliced the base of my left thumb open. I won't go into the gory details, but I will say it was less than pleasant and definitely beyond the league of Band-Aids. My thumb is currently wrapped, strapped, and taped against my index finger so that I won't move the thumb and open the wound. So, … Continue reading Too Important
Meagan Briggs 