Do you remember the first time you fell in love… with a fictional hero? Back in the 1970s, when I was about fourteen and growing up in the Missouri Ozarks, a family friend named Bessie gave me a stack of Grace Livingston Hill books that she said she thought I’d enjoy. An avid reader, I […]
Go Go Boots, Nancy Drew and Lesley Ann Warren
I’ve had a few passions in my life. Mind you, I’m talking about passions other than my husband and children. Those are a given. Surely, you know what I’m referring to here—that all-encompassing desire and “I have to have it now” mentality that seizes you and won’t let go until it’s satisfied. Yes, I’m referring […]