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There is something so satisfying about starting a garden from seed. I nurture these little plants inside during the winter and now, this week, I am putting them out in the garden. Of course there are plants that I sew directly in the garden, but not the majority, most of them I started inside. It…

Like everyone, I have moments I’d like to erase from my life, my memory and everyone else’s as well. However there are many moments I want to keep, to hoard, to treasure and most of them are not even big events. I am not sure what makes them stand out apart from all the other…

It is a long process, but once again we have jumped through every hoop, walked every line, dotted every T and crossed every I and we now have Healing listed on Amazon in both formats, kindle and print. Check Amazon under Schmeelk Books and the other books are there too and can also be purchased…

As the book slowly goes live, the website will not be updated with links to Amazon etc, until Monday. Bryon, my amazing tech wizard  🧙‍♂️  is being a good husband and taking his wife in for surgery. It was my decision to make Healing, NewEarth 4 available to readers as soon as it was ready…

  The Print version of Healing.  Can now be purchased on Amazon, waiting on approval for the electronic version…  

As I am sure I have mentioned before, we spend a lot of time watching cows. Did you know they set up nursery coverage within a herd? They set four to five mommas to watch the babies while everyone else goes off to graze. Those cows on nursery duty, and it changes every day, slowly…

Are you an ebook person or a paper book person? When I was a kid the real question was paperback or hardback, now almost nobody is looking for hardbacks of popular fiction, although you can find them for new releases in certain book stores. My dad has talked about a collectors volume of my stories…

If you have read my books, you probably get the sense that while I am not what anyone would call a fanatic, I do believe in preserving the natural balance of the earth. Water on our planet is portable and connects continents, oceans, and lakes to our drinking water as well as the water we…

Readers, I am easy to find on Twitter, @JuliaSchmeelk10, Facebook, Julia Schmeelk Author, and I tag in and out of LinkedIn and Instagram. You can easily find the links on my website, JuliaSchmeelk.com, but what platform do you prefer? It seems that new ones are cropping up all the time, rising and falling very fast.…

I have a very practical view of hunting, especially since I like to eat. Meat is a necessity in my diet and those in my family, so the source of that meat is no mystery. I like mine wrapped in plastic, either containers or wrap, ziplock bag or even tied. Occasionally it comes in a…