Tomorrow my husband and I will observe our 50th wedding anniversary. The day will be low-key—no cake, no balloons, no fanfare. That’s fine with us because we began our marriage with little extravagance. We went to our church chapel, invited the pastor to attend us, and added our matron of honor and best man as…
Do you have a favorite season? It’s hard to choose, isn’t it? Beginning with the first bud on a crocus— Nature’s inciting event—she announces the arrival of Spring and builds her narrative like a well-written plot. The daffodils join the story, popping their yellow heads and beckoning the tulips to follow. The camellia blooms explode…
Author Patricia Lee never intended to write seven books. Now, she sees writing books as an act of service–a way to help people understand painful circumstances and rise above them.
I never had a burning passion to write a book. Like a teapot simmering on a stove’s back burner, my idea to write a novel also sat.
Write a book? Ninety-some thousand words? I couldn’t imagine such a feat.
But the teapot on the back of the stove kept simmering.
At Christmas, I’m always drawn to the story of Mary. Imagine being fourteen or fifteen, the age most historians think Mary was, betrothed to a man arranged by your parents, and suddenly an angelic being appears in front of you. Said angel tells you are going to be a mother! What would you do? I’d…
As the year 2020 nears its end, many of us sigh in relief. The past several months have been filled with one crisis after another, from COVID-19, to congressional antics, to claims of election fraud. We, as a nation, are anxious for the curtain to fall on this chapter of our history. Lock the door.…
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it…
To all who have read at least one story from the Mended Hearts series: You can’t imagine how wonderful it is to have a reader come up to me and say “I absolutely loved your book. I couldn’t put it down!” Or another who said, “You made me cry.” And yet another: “I can’t wait…
[Patricia Lee] What Writers and Squirrels Have in Common
Every good story needs a main character. Writers work at creating a personality readers will care about and root for. This story has one. A rodent. Brown beady eyes, a big furry tail, and a set of feet that permit it to climb to unfathomable reaches. My husband and I named her Mischief. Intrigued? She…
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