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See Jane Stuck in a Snowdrift
Yes. it's true. I am posting a mystery novel update only 2 weeks after the previous one. Not because a publishers who received the proposal has issues a contract, though one requested the entire manuscript last week. Which as my agent, the Man of Steel and I agree is...
A Fantastic Friday Iowa Who
Only one Gravel Road post cuts the mustard for the Fantastic Friday after the Iowa Caucuses. Here it is, as timely and true as it was eight years ago when it made it's debut appearance on this blog. Iowa Who? I feel like a high school homecoming queen the day after...
Play Dough Time Again!
We went to see the grandkids last weekend and had a blast, as usual. We spent part of our time making scented play dough in an effort to beat the winter blues. Here's the recioe, just In case you're looking for something to wile away the long winter days that keep...
Top 10 Epic Fails of 2016 So Far
The first month of January is now history, and with its passing I am painfully aware of what I did not accomplish. Here's a look at my top ten epic fails so far in 2016. 10. I overbaked some chocolate chip bars for a weekend church function. Thankfully, we were out of...
Night Is Coming
We must work the works of Him who sent Me as long as it is day; night is coming when no one can work. While I am in the world, I am the Light of the world. John 9:4–5 Hiram and I are back from visiting family in Arizona. The weather was perfect, and knowing we’d...
The Goodness of Light for this Fantastic Friday
This week's Fantastic Friday post comes in the form of a poem written in January of 2012 when the weather was cold, the morning dark, the moon brilliant and full. The perfect antidote to the winter blues both then and now. Light Stronger Than Darkness In winter, the...