“June is the time for dreams to take flight!” – Henrick Edberg

Summer is here, always a happy season, and it is an excellent time for dreaming and doing. In the summertime, we can go on vacations, hikes, or trips, and take needed breaks out-of-doors enjoying the beauty of nature and listening to our souls and hearts. Summer is a perfect time for new ideas and dreams to take birth within. The quiet, long days offer more time for starting to practice and pursue those dreams, as well. I think more dreams are lost for lack of pursuit than anything else. For most, distractions soon replace discipline, and over time, progress stops even when potential is there. What is it you are wanting to do or pursue? What have you left undone and incomplete? Reread the old children’s book THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD… and decide you “can” push for your goals, small or large. Picasso claimed “Action is the foundational key to all success” and it was action and an “I Think I Can” attitude that took the Little Engine over the mountain.

For ourselves this month, J.L. and I have only a few signing events scheduled. This will give us a needed break to dream and do at our house, too. I have written one new book since 2026 began and am planning another. J.L. and I are also working on cleaning out and doing a few update tasks in our home – all very needed. Things really pile up when you live in the same home for 50 years.

FIRST JUNE BOOK SIGNING: Do you live near Chattanooga, Tennessee? If so, J.L. and I will be Barnes & Noble in the Hamilton Mall the first Saturday of June, 2-4pm. Help us make this travel trip a success by coming to see us and help our event be a successful one … and by calling or contacting your family and friends in the Chattanooga area to visit us, also.

BOOK SIGNING – Chattanooga area – June 6, Saturday, 2:00 – 4:00 pm, BARNES & NOBLE in the Hamilton Place Mall, 2100 Hamilton Place Boulevard, Chattanooga, TN, 37421

SECOND JUNE BOOK SIGNING: Our other June event is a fun crafts show, free to the public, the 15^th Annual Southern Charm & Sweet Tea Vendor and Craft Fair Saturday June 13^th from 10am to 2pm at The Venue in Lenoir City. This is a beautiful event facility with lots of parking and easy access for the public. The event, in partnership with the Pilot Club of Lenoir City, also helps to fund good area causes.

SIGNING EVENT – Lenoir City area – June 13, Saturday, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm, SOUTHERN CHARM AND SWEET TEA, The Venue, 7690 Creekwood Park Blvd, Lenoir City, TN, 37772

As a personal favor …if you read and enjoyed my new Mountain Home novel WILDFLOWER HAVEN or J.L.’s and my new devotional SUNDAY THOUGHTS, that published this spring, we would be truly grateful if you would pop over to any of these sites to write a few words of review … Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Goodreads, BookBub, or your blog… or you can take a picture of the book and post it on your Facebook, or Social Media pages to recommend it. People always love to try things recommended by others. Those kindnesses on your behalf also say “thank you” to me and are deeply appreciated.

Enjoy the month of June…and the summer months to come.

See you in July. … Lin