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Bellingwood Boxed Set – FREE!

For two days only (April 29-30), the Bellingwood Boxed Set: Books 1-3 is FREE for Kindle. (Click on the book cover to be taken to Amazon.) Now’s the time to tell your friends how to get to a friendly town in the Midwest. The directions

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5 FB Tips from Someone Who’s Here Too Much

I’ve posted some of these in the past, but the information never gets old and we can always learn something new, right? If you already know and use every single one of these, yay you. You’re awesome. Go to the front of the class and get your

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Vignettes on Kindle

I’ve been asked if the itty bitty short stories that I’m writing to keep y’all engaged while working on the main book each quarter will be available anywhere other than the email newsletter. The answer is … sure, why not! And because I have fallen in love

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The Wild Boar Story

One summer, many years ago, we nearly gave away this wonderful place that is my home in the middle of nowhere. After years of growing up here, enjoying vacations and long weekends, learning to swim in the river, building a cabin and spending hours and

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Silence

One thing I’ve learned to appreciate more than anything is silence. When I’m out here in the middle of nowhere, I hear a lot of it after the sun goes down. All of the tractors and big equipment have been parked for the night, the

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Spring is Springing

It’s a grey, dreary day (again), but yesterday was gorgeous. The bright blue sky and warm (er) temperatures made for a glorious day to be outside. TB wanted all of that. Now, truthfully, he wants to be outside today, too. What’s he know, he’s just

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I Can’t Be Trusted

See this? Do I need it? No. Was it a spur of the moment purchase? Yes. Did I succumb to their stinking marketing technique? Absolutely. Here’s the deal. I don’t need to buy much of anything (other than clothes, food, etc.) and walking into a

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Choices

This post might seem to be a bit of a rant, I suppose. I’ll just tell you that up front and you can stop reading before you go any further. The other day I saw a ‘poster’ that said something about how much poor grammar bothered

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Happy Birthday, Jamie!

Not too many days ago, I walked down memory lane in a post for National Siblings Day. But now, I have a good reason to tell more stories about my brother. It’s his birthday. He really didn’t have it easy. He came into a family

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Warm, Fuzzy Feelings

You know that feeling you get when the house is clean, the kids are in bed, your spouse is doing something other than needing you to take care of them, the weather is perfect, bills are paid, you’ve gotten enough sleep … No? Well, neither

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