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\"Life<\/a><\/p>\n

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<\/a> 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 and stores. And my family. I really missed my family.<\/p>\n

Not surprising since I was twenty-two and away from home from the first time.<\/p>\n

The surprising bit began seven years later when we moved back to Iowa, and I became homesick for South Dakota. My homesickness continues to this day, even though my morning walks along the lake are filled with beautiful views. I snapped this picture and imagined what fall must be like in Harding County as the cottonwoods drop their leaves against a backdrop of rugged buttes and short grass prairie.<\/p>\n

Life with my heart in two places won’t end as long as I’m on this earth.<\/p>\n

Writing fiction is the perfect way to cope with homesickness. Every afternoon I sit in our Iowa living room, open my work in progress, which on this day is Hear Jane Sing!<\/em>, and start writing. Immediately I’m in the town where we once lived, surrounded by the children and families I still love. I can smell the crisp, fall air and almost touch the stars hanging low in a sky untouched by light pollution. When it’s time to fix supper, I return to Iowa where a trip to the grocery store for missing ingredients takes ten minutes or less.<\/p>\n

So far as life with my heart in two places goes, this is the best of both worlds.<\/p>\n

Sign up to receive website updates and See Jane Run! book news on\u00a0Gravel Road\u2019s home page<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0right under the picture of\u2013you guessed it\u2013the gravel road.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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