Hello, Jolene Navarro checking in from the Texas Hill Country. I have a confession to make. I had a dream for most of my life that I thought was out of my reach. I’ve had many dreams, and some I just out grew, but that one stayed with me through all my phases of growing […]
Simple Joys in a Complex World
Hola, from the Texas Hill Country. Jolene Navarro here. Just got in from my morning walk and ready to chat. Sometimes we are in such a hurry to reach a goal, to get through today we miss the simple joys around us. Worry and guilt. Anger and bitterness. These are a few of the things […]
For those that Trust in the Lord
Hello, Jolene Navarro checking in from the Texas Hill Country. I love dancing in the rain. I strive to find peace in the eye of the storm. But sometimes the smile is fake, the heart is broken, and the knees are bruised. There are times when burdens feel too heavy to carry […]
Summer Nights By the Water
Hola, Jolene here checking in from the Texas Hill Country. I’m writing on the porch of a cabin that sits on the Fro River. The birds are chatter and the water is rushing over the rocks. The shade of old giant pecan trees just invites me to stay and hide from the world a little […]
She Rode into the Sunset
Hola! Jolene Navarro here. If you know anything about me, you know I’m proud to be a seventh generation Texan. Part of that heritage it deeply rooting in raising and training horses. This is a picture of my great-grandparents. Hodge Crawford trained horses for the Army. As I was doing the at fact […]
Oh! The Places We Can Go!
To travel through space and time is as easy as opening a book. If the author has done their job well the setting creates a beautiful stage that could only happen in this place and time. An environment surrounds the characters in a subtle way that shapes who they are and why they react the […]
Walking the Land.
As a writer it’s easy to get lost in a world that exists only in your head. To get that story on the page just the way you want it can take hours. If you’re not careful, intentional movement will stop, and you will end up sitting a great deal. Our bodies were not created […]
A Room of Her Own & a Few Friends that Understand
In one of my college literature classes, I read A Room of One’s Own, by Virginia Woolf. I loved that short book, somehow it called to me, even before I thought I could be a professional writer. It was before my brain could fathom that someone would want to buy my book. It was before […]
The Texas Road Wave
Greetings from Texas. Jolene Navarro here and I’m over the moon excited about joining this fabulous group. I thought for my first post I would introduce myself. Anyone that knows me knows I’m proud to be a seventh generation Texan. In the truck watching the hill country pass by my window I was thinking about […]