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Author Interview – Anita Hackley-Lambert: Writing as Therapy

Thank you for joining us for part two of our talk with author Anita Hackley-Lambert. If you missed part one, click here to catch up. Anita, you have dreamed of writing ever since the age of twelve, when you penned your first book about the abuse you suffered as a child. Will you ever publish that book, or was it written more as a journal to help you cope with your emotional ordeal? Writing was great therapy. At that tender age, keeping a diary was important but not feasible with the prying eyes of nosy siblings. I kept my notes … Continue reading →

Don’t Step on a Bee Day (Or, In Murphy’s Case, Eat Them)

Today is Don’t Step on a Bee Day. You might recall a blog I wrote called Insect Inspector: Murphy’s “Bumble Rumble”. If not, this was the gist: Murph knows bees as bumbles and takes great pleasure in chasing them. Well, when I stumbled across Don’t Step on a Bee Day while compiling my list of July daily, weekly, and monthly celebrations I laughed and couldn’t help but think of Murphy. I thought I might have to write about it, so I made a note of it on my list of topics and sort of forgot about it. Until today. And … Continue reading →

Author Review – Sue Monk Kidd

Sue Monk Kidd exploded onto the literary scene in 2002 with the release of her first work of fiction, “The Secret Life of Bees,” which I reviewed last summer here on Families.com. Let’s take a few moments to learn more about this intriguing author. Like her characters in “Bees,” Sue was born and raised in the south, in a small Georgia town called Sylvester. She says that she thought about her childhood in Sylvester while writing “Bees,” and it’s evident from reading the book that she is very well familiar with that area. Her father was a creative storyteller, and … Continue reading →