by Patti Miinch | Jan 23, 2023 | books, Dream Too Big, dreamer, dreams
When I was growing up, I was a dreamer. Oh, not the stereotypical dreamer with my head in the clouds and not grounded in reality. I was a practical child and teen, but I had dreams.Almost all of those dreams were inspired by books. Books which the protagonist...
by Patti Miinch | May 28, 2020 | books, Challenge Yourself, Patti Miinch, reading, reading challenge
That image — all those books in one place — makes me smile. I love books, books, and more books!That’s why I was so excited back in December to find not only 1, but 2, Facebook reading challenge groups. Both had a list of categories — book published...
by Patti Miinch | May 14, 2020 | books, dominoes, Scripture, The Domino Effect
My grandma taught me how to play dominoes, the basic kind where each player tries to make the dots on all the “end” domino-halves add up to a multiple of 5, when I was about 4 years old. Since then, I’ve learned several other domino games, and I enjoy playing every...
by Patti Miinch | Feb 13, 2018 | books, Lent, reading, sacrifice
Despite the fact that I’m not and never have been Catholic, I’ve been giving up something for Lent for most of my life.When I was in grade school, I gave up things like candy, bothering my older sister, and biting my nails. One year during high school I...
by Patti Miinch | Jul 14, 2017 | books, comfort, Faith, friends
I’m very excited to again this week join a talented group of women who connect each Friday in an online, unedited flash mob free write based on a one-word prompt from our fearless leader Kate Motaung. My timer is set for 5 minutes; let’s see where the word...
