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Life is a Gift – Love is the Way

There are so many things going on in Bellingwood, I keep little notes everywhere. Most are reminders to take care of something. The next big thing is the reminder to write a vignette this week. Best Friends Day is on Tuesday, June 8, and you

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She’s My Polly

The other night, I was describing the antics of my sister and her neighbor across the street. My friend cackled  with laughter. “It’s Polly and Beryl. They would do this!” (You never know, as I thought about it, the story line made me chuckle. Anyway

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Bellingwood FAQ

You have questions. I have answers. It’s what I do. 1. When will the next book be published in the Bellingwood series? I hate to admit how systematic my life is. Things are always better when a plan is in place. At least for me.

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A Legacy of Words

Last night I made up a word. In a dream. It was important during the sequence of events that I discovered a way to describe this word to others, to make them understand the word. Very important. The only problem was, that as I read through

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Thanksgiving

I have one more chapter to write tonight and the first draft of Book 24 is complete. I am so ready to be finished. When I began writing these stories, one thing that I never wanted to have happen was that the books would be

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She’s Alive!

Yeah … truth. Where have I gone? Head down in story world. Would you believe that one night last week I was dreaming in narrative? Holy moley. Bellingwood has consumed me. The last three months of the year become a bit overwhelming as a book

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Ask Questions … Always

This will be one of the stranger posts you’ll read from me, but here we go. Last night, I had a conversation with a really bright person about voting. After a lifetime of doing just that, there were still questions about the process. It occurred

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One Week Later …

A girl spends three months preparing for a book release and then, wham, it’s out there and time to move on to the next thing. If you haven’t downloaded That’s What Friends Are For, it’s available on Amazon for your Kindle right now. Unless, of

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Family, New Refrigerator, and Pooped Diane

I took a two hour nap this afternoon. Because, well, wow. I was pooped. For the last several months, my brother and his family worked to schedule a weekend to camp here where I am in the middle of Iowa. They found a perfect time:

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