I’m sure by now you’ve all made your New Year’s Resolutions to lose weight, read more, exercise more, spend less, watch less television, and read the Bible from cover to cover in a year. By next week half that list will be forgotten or delayed and by the end of the month…well…let’s just say you’ll probably be in the same …

No, that isn’t your cue to put on gloves and start fighting it out at the gift return desk. Boxing Day is a holiday in the United Kingdom, Canada and other Commonwealth nations. Boxing Day is also known as the Feast of St. Stephen in honor of the Christian martyr. You can read more about him in Acts. This holiday …

It’s been a crazy month for me. We went to Kansas on the 3rd of December to see our kids and grandkids and was greeted with voicemail that told us our 6 year old granddaughter Rainy was once again in the hospital. This time it was for an emergency appendectomy. Unfortunately things went bad for Rainy and she developed post-operative …

My latest book has been turned in. Thanksgiving and visiting relatives have gone home (I miss them already). The calendar has been turned to the last month of the year, and Christmas is in the air. I’m filled with an absolute sense of celebration! Here in Montana, we are a livily bunch who celebrate our heritage, our families, our land. …

Happy Thanksgiving to all. I’m truly thankful for all that God has given, and blessed beyond all that I can ask or imagine. A few years ago my daughter Jennifer went to Uganda to be a missionary with Calvary Chapel Ministeries. The time she spent there was eye opening to our entire family. It also served to give us an …

During our visit to Germany this summer, we bought a cuckoo clock. It’s a really neat little clock with people who dance around and a waterwheel,and quaint German designs. Oh, and it plays music. Edelweiss at the top of the hour and Happy Wanderer at the 1/2 hour. For those of you who have cuckoo clocks, you know they aren’t …

Several of you have written to ask me where in Montana my new series takes place, and why I chose that area. So I thought I would share that with you today. My Brides of Gallatin County series is the latest series I’ve set in Montana. There will be three books. Book one is out and titled A PROMISED TO …

The best things in life truly are free. The smile of a child. Their fascination with the world. Their unconditional love. My grandchildren don’t care if I’m a writer or a ditch digger. They love me just for being Nana, and that’s such a wonderful feeling. So often in this world we have to prove ourselves to someone to “earn” …

No, that wasn’t supposed to read Blanket – I meant Banket. Some folks call it Dutch Letters. For those of you who have never experienced the delight that is banket, I highly encourage you to get thee to a Dutch community and partake. In our area the Dutch were strongly represented in the founding of area communities. It’s fascinating to …

Do any of you remember that old song, Life’s Railway to Heaven? The words were always favorites of mine because I loved trains and railroads. The first verse states, Life is like a mountain railroad, with an engineer that’s brave;We must make the run successful, from the cradle to the grave;Watch the curves, the fills, the tunnels; never falter, never …