My hubby and I are going to hit the road next week.  We get to have a wonderful Thanksgiving meal with extraordinary Southern cook Kimberley Woodhouse and her family. Kim and Jeremy were very gracious to invite us to share the holiday, as well as their son and daughter’s graduation.  Kayla and Joshua aren’t twins, but they are graduating homeschool …

All Saints Day November 1stis the established day to celebrate All Saints’ Day.  November 2nd is the day to celebrate All Souls’ Day.  Somewhere over the years however, Halloween on the 31st of October got most of the attention. Hallow, in Old English, means “holy” or “sacred.” “Hallows’ Eve,” or “Halloween” means “the evening of holy persons”.  In our society …

A week ago this time, I was having a great deal of fun with a one-day writer’s conference and a weekend book festival in Missoula, MT. As a part of Montana’s ACFW group MT Pages, my hubby and I were asked to teach at the one day writer retreat.  Jim taught on research since that’s his field of knowledge and …

As I told you last time, we were in Yellowstone National Park recently. Yellowstone was beautiful and man are we glad we went then instead of waiting until the president and congress shut it down. We started out about 10 am and on our way down – this little fella ran right out in front of us.  It was quite the …

Wahoo! Amazon is offering my book – SHADOWS OF THE CANYON for free on Kindle! Check it out. Also Judith Miller’s SOMEWHERE TO BELONG is also free at amazon.com for kindle!

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  By the time you read this blog – I will be in Yellowstone National Park for one more visit before winter.  We live only 90 miles north of the park and try to get there at least once a year – if not more. I especially like buying up books in the gift shop.  I always get ideas for …

Here’s a link for a fun contest where you could win books. Libboo and Bethany House Publishers set this up so I hope you’ll visit the site and participate. https://www.libboo.com/read/the-miners-lady/authortraciepeterson God Bless!

I’m happy to announce another new book – ta da! The Miner’s Lady is the 3rd book in the Land of Shining Water – a 3 book set of independent stories located in late 1890’s Minnesota. I had a lot of fun researching for this book and learning about iron mining.  Minnesotans are very proud of their history and seemed …

One of my favorite places for spiritual renewal (besides the Bible) is Oswald Chambers’ My Utmost For His Highest.  Today’s was no exception.  One comment particularly caught my attention. Chambers says, “ Is my knowledge of Jesus the result of my own internal spiritual perception, or is it only what I have learned through listening to others? Is there something …