As a homesteader, a lot of my audience is conservative. As a fiction author in an artist community, most of the people surrounding me are liberal. I have friends and family all over the political spectrum so from both a professional and a personal perspective, …
If you are someone dealing with big emotions (anger, fear, frustration) regarding what’s happening out there in the big wide world or what might be coming around the bend, today’s writing is for you. You can read it below as an itty bitty thought or …
It’s another random audience questions podcast episode (and blog post) where I pull five questions from my giant mason jar of topics you’ve sent in. Today I answer your questions about feeder pigs vs raising piglets, ghost stories, people’s opinions about kids and farm work, …
In a small town, the grocery store counts as a social gathering. You run into people you know. You catch up on life with others. There is a bit of magic in a small town grocery store. But the grocery store magic isn’t happening …
OMG, you guys. OMG. Did you know that Harley Davidson endorsed Biden and Harris? Did you know that Charlie Brown specials won’t be aired on network television anymore because those shows offend people? YoU gUYs DiD YOu eVEn knOW?? (Imagine Amy sighing heavily. Shaking …
Yesterday my oldest and I played Rummy and listened to Christmas music because that’s called “making the best of it” when you get dumped on with 8ish inches of snow before Halloween. (Sigh. Big ol’ sigh.) My spaghetti sauce simmered on the stove and I …
There shouldn’t be snow on my pumpkins yet, but there is. Yesterday I took a picture of my pumpkins on the front step and saw the Buddha statue my grandma gave me. Buddha is smiling next to the pumpkins covered with snow. Which is totally …
I think most of you know that I’m a writer. Like, not just a gal who writes blog posts, but a real live fiction author (under a pen name) as well. So, today we’re talking about NaNoWrimo (Nano…what?), why writer-type-folk should consider taking part in …
Today we get to play a game. Normally in “Two Truths and a Lie”, someone tells you three things about themselves—two things that are true and one thing that isn’t—and you have to guess which thing isn’t true. In my version, I’m going to tell …
People sometimes ask what it’s like to be married to a law enforcement officer. “Isn’t it hard?” I generally don’t entertain those conversations long because in all honesty we all put a ring on our finger and don’t really know what we’re getting into. (He …