Still Looking

For those who have been following my job hunt, my interview and later observation went great, but the school decided to restructure making use of staff already on board. Back to the drawing board, but wiser. We hope to have some new options by Friday. The challenge of course is I want to retain my…

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Auto Pay

The convenience of auto pay is not to be dismissed. It is easy to sign up, it requires very little maintenance and it ensures to both you and the company that the money will arrive on time. The drawback is when you discontinue services. We moved in November and our old phone and internet provider…

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Gordon’s Pride

Julia Schmeelk Reads Gordon's Pride

Tomorrow we start the new Gordon’s Pride give-away. It is only for 3 days, but it encourages new readers to start the series. Gordon’s Pride is a romance, the relationship between Gordon and Hanna that blooms and grows throughout the series. But it is also about Heron, Grabon and many other characters. It is the…

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Wii Fit

Getting a new job, moving, gardening, and getting older, puts a certain strain on the body. I have to be careful anyway not to become too sedentary, spending so much time at the computer. Using the Wii Fit in the past has allowed me to create a work out routine that was fast, easy to…

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Hanna

It would be easy to mistake Hanna’s character as weak and submissive in the beginning, but as the series grows and she recovers, she blossoms. Hanna is of course highly skilled. She can craft gold into any shape with such detail and with so much sensitivity that it can bring a tear to anyone’s eye.…

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Labor Day

A huge thanks to all the hourly workers who stand, sit, drive, and climb for 40 or more hours a week to make a living and keep our world moving forward. It is not often that our sewer workers are recognized, but let me tell you we would all notice if the work stopped and…

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Romance

A Snowball Fight in NewEarth

There is a romance flavor to each of my books, some are a bit steamier than others, but the idea is each book includes a newly mated pair, but also the entire territory and other characters. I could have written it sidelining the relationships, but that would have left each aspect of the story less…

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Youngsters

Are we going to get to see the youngsters, Starseth and Redseth mature? One interested reader asked recently. Can you picture Brom teaching his daughter how to fly?  Yes, that is in a future book. So hang onto your hats as this wild ride runs full steam ahead. All kinds of interesting tidbits are in…

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New Pics

Athena my artist is almost always working on something. Her most recent was giving me fits, getting it to load on the site but I will post it soon. This one is another favorite, the youngsters in their wagons. Trissy and Rok helping out. I would bet it took some work for Starseth and Redseth…

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My Way

I am so guilty of having a particular way of doing things and confusing my way with the right way as if how I wash dishes were the only way to wash dishes. The object of course is to have germ free dishes to put in the cabinet, grease free and ready to use again.…

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