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Lessons Learned My thirteen-year-old granddaughter, Jazmine, volunteered with our church to minister to the homeless in Portland, Oregon. She arrived at the church with three suitcases--one entire suitcase contained her hair products and make-up. The church limited her to two suitcases and it was horrible for her to have to choose which two. ...  Cedar Cove Days Update - Make That Start Date August 26, 2009 News alert! The Cedar Cove Days official dates are Wednesday, August 26 through Sunday, August 30, 2009. The organizers are encouraging everyone to arrive in Cedar Cove on Wednesday to register, and then basically get the lay of the land.To get to Port Orchard, aka Cedar Cove, fly to Seattle, WA (SEA-TAC Airport), and arrange transportat... Mark Your Calendars for August 27-30, 2009: Cedar Cove Days! Plans are in full swing for the launch of Cedar Cove Days—mark your calendars for August 27-30, 2009. The Cedar Cove Association of Port Orchard, Washington, my hometown, is sponsoring the festival, and the entire community is getting involved! It's going to be incredible. There will be teas, trolley tours, boat rides, a sock hop, dinners and... Fishes and Loaves in 2009 I'm happy to report that fall of 2009 will bring another non-fiction title from me with Fishes and Loaves: Living in a Spirit of Generosity, to be published by Touchstone Fireside's Howard Books, the Christian publishing arm of Simon & Schuster. I'm looking forward to writing about how intentional acts of generosity yield u... Keeping Smart Girls in STITCHES I'm delighted to be speaking during the opening day program at STITCHES Midwest 2008 on August 21 in Schaumburg, Illinois.The day promises to be fun—and rewarding. STITCHES is reaching out to the youth of the Chicagoland area by hosting some of the young ladies of the Smart Girls program from the Boys & Girls Club of Chicago. Also, all of... Something to Listen to . . . I thought you might want to listen to an audio interview I did on Friday, May 16, with Carrie Runnals for her Internet talk show on WordsToMouth.com (Where Readers Meet Authors Beyond the Printed Page).Carrie is headquartered in Peachtree City, GA.We discussed my new Blossom Street hardcover release, Twenty Wishes.Click here to download audio ... Gather Together! Sorry I wasn't able to blog as frequently while I was on tour to promote TWENTY WISHES. However, if you want to get inside my head, the great reader site, Gather.com has an interview with me, which reveals some of why I do what when and where. Thanks, Gather.com!... Back on Blossom Street Wins Award! I got exciting news from my home state of Washington this week: The Washington Press Association awarded my 2007 hardcover, BACK ON BLOSSOM STREET, first place honors in the Fiction Book, Traditional Publisher category of their 2007 Communicators of Excellence Awards Saturday, April 19. In Debbie’s absence, her friend, Susan Plunkett, a... Cedar Cove featured in USA Today USA TODAY is doing a travel article on the effect Debbie's Cedar Cove series has had on tourism in her home town of Port Orchard. They are featuring the Cedar Cove map and have talked with the good people at the library, the local book seller and the Chamber of Commerce. The article appear in the August 31, 2007 issue. If you’d like a copy of... |
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