I am by nature a plodder. School did not necessarily come easy for me. I was a good reader and eventually became a good writer, but science and math...
Slow and Steady Wins the Race
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~ Holly Bebernitz
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Refurbished Roles
My favorite ever production is the Royal Shakespeare Company’s version of The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby [1980’s]. As with all Dickens’ works,...
The Elusive Culprit XI
As of this writing, mid-October 2020, virus restrictions are still in place for all of us, and my mother is still safe under the oversight of the Benton House...
Enter Agnes Quinn
If you have seen The Man Who Invented Christmas, starring Dan Stevens as Charles Dickens, busy writing “The Christmas Carol,” you will have observed an...
The Hog Holler Radio Station II
Blinking, I sat there, staring, open-mouthed, while my flannel-shirted, jeans-bedecked husband—grease still under his fingernails from where he had changed...
Flexibility Is Youth
Among the sports my children tried were t-ball, baseball, basketball, swimming, skateboarding, rollerblading, surfing, and karate. Each experience left behind...
Made Stable
We continue our study of I Peter 5:10—But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a...
You Have to Start From Where You Are
Janie opened her eyes and looked at the clock. 6:15. She had overslept…again. Throwing back the covers, she raced to the bathroom and hopped in the shower....
Fractured Expectations
One of the most irksome aspects of the recent quarantine was: the stay-at-home order, taking place during late spring as it did, ruined many special occasions...
The Elusive Culprit X
We were living contentedly in a new rhythm. I visited the Benton House at least twice a week, sometimes more. Ordinary days came and went. Holidays came and...
Native Texan Holly Bebernitz moved to Jacksonville, Florida in 1967. After thirty years of teaching speech, English, and history on the secondary and college levels, she retired from classroom teaching to become a full-time grandmother. The change in schedule allowed the time needed to complete the novel she had begun writing in 1998. When Trevorode the Defender was published in March 2013, the author realized the story of the Magnolia Arms was not yet complete.
