First a big thanks to Stephanie Whitson for filling in last week. I’m reading her latest and it’s awesome! But last week was also awesome. I was busy with a writer’s conference in Colorado and what a fun time! My hubby and I love to go to Estes Park, Colorado for the Colorado Christian Writer’s Conference and this year was …

Since Mother’s Day is just a couple of days from now, I wanted to write a little salute to my mother. My mom has been a mom for over 50 years and during that time we’ve definitely had some great times. She also taught me some interesting things– some that I thought would never be useful, but have proven to …

This week has been incredibly swamped, so this will be short and sweet. However there were a few things I wanted to share. 1. It’s snowing like crazy outside. 2. I did manage to get galleys and contest judging done, and conference materials put together. 3. On this day in 1789 George Washington first took office as President of the …

Last week my husband and I took a research trip to the American Northwest. We drove from Montana and headed west. The weather was gorgeous until we got to Snowquamie Pass as we neared Seattle. Coming into this ski resort area sent us in a step back to winter, but once we cleared that area, we drove into Seattle spring. …

A friend from church asked my husband and I to come to her classroom and share what we do regarding writing. Considering we had eight inches of snow two days ago, I was somewhat concerned, but as you can see the picture above – it was a gloriously beautiful day and much of the snow was already gone. This very …

Saturday before Easter Sunday we awoke to 3 inches of snow. Tuesday it snowed again and then melted. The forecast has promised flurries and snows throughout April. I remember the first year we moved to Montana we woke up one day in June to find 6 inches of snow on the ground, so snow in April doesn’t even phase us …

I’ve been digging through research from my trip to Georgia with Judy in order to work on the story outline. I continue to be enraptured by the live oaks–hold pleasant memories of the food and people–and can’t wait to go back. Now for me – a gal who hates hot weather and humidity – that’s saying something. I recently read …

I’m still battling the crud. The doctor says it just has to run its course. I sure wish it would run a little faster. Unfortunately my whole family has it, so we’re all being miserable together. Since I was having a lucid moment I wanted to blog about the wonderful booksigning I had last week in Anthony, Kansas at Higher …

I’m home again. The photo is of me at the writer’s retreat a couple of weeks ago. The ladies made me a very personalized cowgirl/writer hat. We drove down to Kansas to see family – do a book signing in Anthony, KS (which went phenomenally well and was so much fun – Thanks again HIGHER GROUNDS AND LEATHER BOUND Bookstore) …

Well, we’re on the road again – this time it’s Kansas. Texas was awesome and being with writer friends was awesome. We had some incredible programs on Victorian fashion, customs, servants and medicine, as well as an awesome presentation by Carol Johnson former VP of Bethany House Publishing. So Texas was chilled, damp weather (it actually snowed which amazed the …