Prickly Pear cactus in the Sonora Desert

New growth comes from what prickles us most. If you’re stuck for a story, consider the people in your past who haunt you still. Go far enough back and you may discover an ancestor whose character traits show up down through the generations…and they needle you!

Kim Edwards book The Lake of Dreams revolves around an ancestor lost from the family view even though her struggles still inform family behavior patterns.  Something to think about when you spot puzzling behavior in yourself and ask, where did that come from?