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Life with My Heart in Two Places
Life with my heart in two places began in 1978 when Hiram and I moved from the ice cream capitol of the world in Le Mars, Iowa to a remote part of South Dakota. I was homesick for paved roads, orderly green fields of corn and soybean, and living close to the library...
Ekalaka, Montana: The First Town Over the Border
Ekalaka is the first town west of Camp Crook, the town upon which See Jane Run! and the rest of the Tipperary County Mystery series is based. I snickered when I first heard the town's name because, I mean really, who names their town something that sounds like a...
Finding Grace in All the Wrong Places
Finding grace in all the wrong places makes life better in hard situations like special needs parenting and pandemics. Here’s how to do it.
Caramel Rolls: An All-Time Favorite
During our years in Harding County, South Dakota, I added 2 cook books to what was a meager collection. The first was the Camp Crook Centennial Cook Book. which I purchased after it came out in 1982. The second, the Better Homes and Gardens All-Time Favorites that was...
The Special Needs Lord’s Prayer
The special needs Lord’s prayer came together for Mark Arnold on a Sunday morning when he attended virtual church with his son James. Here's the fruit of his musings and his labor. As I watched church on Zoom Sunday morning, enjoying the opportunity to relax and be in...
What To Do, What To Do, What To Do
What to do? What to do? What to do? I've been pondering that question since my agent emailed to say the 4 Christian market publishers who had looked at See Jane Run! this summer had passed on the manuscript. This has happened before so I've had plenty of practice...