It’s Day 1 of #Bible365, and please hear me when I say that it is not necessary for you to buy a new Bible to participate in this event. I must have 20 Bibles, but I invariably do most of my quick searches of scripture in some of the great, free online Bibles that are…
Category: Donkey’s Song
How to Create a Reading Journal on Your Blog – Free Tags for You to Use on Your Blog Posts
In this post, I am showing you how I used my blog to share my #ReadtoWrite journal on my WordPress Blog, using the following free-to-copy and use tags. This charts my reading on December 26, 2022: Pastoral Day – William Hamilton Gibson – pages 19-26. Sharp Eyes: A Rambler’s Calendar – Gibson – pages 248-252….
Happy Arty New Year – #ArtyNewYear – An Art Challenge – With Prizes
Little White Bonnet – Drawing in Red Chalk by Jacki Kellum Finally, I have a challenge for me and my fellow artists: #ArtyNewYear. It is a challenge to do at least one piece of art every day for a year. None of us will be able to complete 365 decent pieces of art in 2023,…
A Free Journal to Track Your Reading for #ReadtoWrite
On January 1, I’m launching a free reading and writing event on all of my social media outlets. I would love for everyone to follow me on any or all of my social media accounts, but that is not necessary. Anyone may participate in the challenge event without following me on my social media accounts….
Jacki Kellum Wishes Everyone A Merry Christmas – from Her Studio, The Donkey’s Song, and Mrs. Cow
“She wears socks that jing-a-ling To wear on Christmas Day.” Mrs. Cow Decorating Her Christmas tree. – Jacki Kellum illustration. I’ll let you in on a little secret: I am Mrs. Cow. No doubt about it, 2022 has been one of the grandest joy rides of my life. Here’s a bit of inspiration for late…
Jacki Kellum – Author of ‘The Donkey’s Song’ Talks Looking for Magic in Life – Article in the Clarion Ledger – December 2022
Hoops, Jana. “Author of ‘The Donkey’s Song’ Talks Looking for Magic in Life.” The Clarion-Ledger, 4 Dec. 2022, pp. 3B, 6B. “‘The greatest thrill of my entire year was when I joined all the other kids in town, and we donned bed sheets and bath towels to become the angels and shepherds who surrounded Baby…
What Is a Jesse Tree & Why Is a Jesse Tree an Important Part of Christmas?
A Jesse Tree is a representation of the Family Tree of Jesus Christ. Imagine that you are an apple and that your parents and grandparents are apples, too. Your family tree would look something like the one in the above photo. In the above photo, you see the beginning of your family tree, without any…
Advent – Preparing Ourselves for a Miracle – Author Jacki Kellum Shares Advent Crafts & Stories for Kids
Today, I’m thinking about all the times that I have waited–Waited for something Wonderful to Happen. Advent Is A Season of Waiting God Created the Miraculous Baby Jesus. God is the All-Powerful. He could have waved his hand and said: “Voilà! Let There be a King of Kings. Let there be a Wonderful, Counselor, Almighty…
A Pitch for #PBpitch: How My Picture Book The Donkey’s Song Was Discovered
Over and over again, I have repeated these words: It Is A Miracle That The Donkey’s Song Has Been Published! While I’ll try not to drag you through the entire litany of my publishing story, I’ll repeat a few of the high points. I had convinced myself that I’d never sell a manuscript for a…
Believe – Memoir Mondays Prompt: Do Your Believe?
Last week, I set the prompts for this week’s Memoir Monday’s writings, and I established that today, Friday, September 23, 2022, we would write about the following prompt: “I Just Can’t Believe That…” Today, I awoke and began writing about the prompt, and I began looking for the old song, “I believe for every drop…