Busy Saturday!

Despite the rain and warmer weather, it was above 32, for which we were glad, we needed to clean out the 4-6 inches of packed ice from in front of the garage. Why you ask, frowning in puzzlement? It was melting and flooding the garage. So I packed up our tools, my husband’s amazing scooter…

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Mattie and Jenny

The Youngsters - Red and Star

When Heron first meets Jenny, she is four cycles and Mattie is six. They quickly grow and age as they move from book to book. Jenny of course is Trissy’s half sister. Mattie is adopted from a Farmer, she is the result of a that Farmer’s infidelity and his wife could not raise her without…

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Freezing Rain Survival

Julia and Jethro - lake

When this latest freezing rain fell, it came down in small chunks that melted and froze in place amid other small chunks, creating a frozen maze to walk and drive on. When Jethro, our mighty elderly mutt, decided to go out, we took him on a leash out through the garage avoiding the slicked out…

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Prequel Part 5: the origin story

Heron Meets Grabon

To catch everyone up, I decided to include a brief synopsis of what we know so far. Humans on earth have poisoned the air. Radiation is an issue, water is expensive and given a chance to leave the planet and start over, volunteers were lining up all over the planet. EarthCorp has a bad reputation…

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Prequel 3

Gordon and Grabon from NewEarth1

Couples began to arrive at the largest space port, located in Australia. The press was there covering their stories, taking pictures as they struggled to lug their supplies past security and meet up with their partner. Many of them had been communicating over the cyber waves for months, but this was their first face to…

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Redneck Calendar

A good friend of ours, Danielle, gives my husband, Shawn, the “You Might Be a Redneck If…” calendar every year. It is something we enjoy, put up and out and go through at different times. I have no idea how many she has given us over the years, but it never gets old. The saying…

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Igor the Dragon

Well this morning it looked like Igor, the inflatable dragon, was done for the time being. The wind pulled his stakes out of the ground and he was mooning the neighbors. Fortunately the neighbors were all at work, but we still ended up having to deflate him. I went out hoping I could reposition his…

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❄️ Snow ⛄️

I have to confess that I had never been real close to a running snow blower. It was not a chore I ever did and Shawn and I never had one. Needing to remove snow while having a heart condition, it made sense, and we did some research before picking out the one we wanted.…

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Drama

As a mostly sane adult, I avoid unnecessary drama, I plan for emergencies, we buy insurance and plan for the future. So we were horrified today when the gas light came on, indicating we were about to run out of gas. Allow me to rewind and fill in the background. It is snowing. Predictions are…

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Grabon’s Nest

NewEarth 5 - Grabon's Nest by Julia Schmeelk

I think this is really exciting. On January 25-29 I am giving away free downloads of Grabon’s Nest: NewEarth5. I know it is the fifth book in the series and a new reader might miss some of the nuances between characters, but people can pick them up and read them for story, Plot, all along…

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