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Telephone People
Some poor fool called while I was in the middle of emailing my editor because I STILL HAD NOTHING IN MY IN BOX from her. Needless to say I was feeling less than kind, but I rushed to answer the phone, swallowing all the ire I had brought up to write the email. It was…
Read MoreThe Fan
When you move into a new house and a couple of switches are taped either up or down, it takes awhile to make the time and put forth the effort to take things apart and figure it out. The fan in the bathroom and it’s light was one of those switches, so we have been…
Read MoreWonders
Today was one of those days when you look around and all you can think is, Wow! One of the many things that illicited that response was the icicles dripping from everything. We had one that went from the roof of our vehicle, down the side door, and pooled on the ground. Another big wow…
Read MoreThe Cold Goes On
So it was a whopping -24 today. A bit on the brisk side to be sure. The hair around my face frosted from my breathing when I took the dog for a walk. Jethro the mighty, likes to walk, even in frigid temperatures. The snow is too deep in the yard for him to run…
Read MoreCold
It was not my intention to miss a few days on the blog, but the snow fell, the temperature dropped, snowplows dumped snow at the end of the drive, and Jo sent me a packet for book 7 – so I have been busy. We found the local Costco, yes one of my favorite stores.…
Read MoreBoot Hunting
Since Novemeber when the snow started to fall I have been looking at boots. I have rugged boots, but they are ugly. My pretty boots no longer fit due to foot spread. It caught me by surprise but now I know that most women after fifty change their foot size and shoe size. I went…
Read MoreCold Coats
As one would expect after retiring from Alaska, I have a number of warm coats; coats that are especially designed for real wet cold, the kind of cold that kills. It is a point of frustration; when we are moving, we have more than 10 boxes of coats. So when the weather here turned cold,…
Read MoreBook 5: Grabon’s Nest
Starting Friday you can download Grabon’s story for free from Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Grabons-Nest-NewEarth5-Julia-Schmeelk-ebook/dp/B07FC4MT29/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1548261929&sr=8-2&keywords=julia+schmeelk+books This is the first NewEarth Novel where the romance is between two dragons. It adds a different perspective and by the fifth book, the reader knows Grabon pretty well. He is a reasonable dragon, stubborn, brilliant, a fighter, tender and loving with the…
Read MorePlans Change
A whole mess of snow fell on us over night and into this morning. Yesterday I got caught up in writing and our plans for dinner got sidetracked between ice and time. Did I mention that the sky snotted on us and it froze? You should have seen the truck all glazed and dripping with…
Read MoreRolled Roast
The current plan if the weather makes it possible to drive, is to take a rolled pork roast to my folks for dinner. Does anyone else ever do this? Get a boneless roast or as we do, a bone in on sale and cut off the bone to use for soup and use the roast.…
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