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It may be terribly old fashioned, but we start every morning with making-up the bed. My husband looked at me frowning this morning and said in his gentlest voice. “ It is real. You don’t have to make it up.” This cracked us both up so much it took a while before it was done.…

I don’t give myself too much free time, but occasionally I give myself a chunk to do some dreaming up of a new story. Yes, for those who are curious, that is all it takes. I recently noticed a phenomenon that had escaped me before. Free time spent in the confines of my own head,…

With book 4 at the editors, the newsletter written, I think I am actually going to have some time to look over book 5 or read something I haven’t written. Currently I have a Linda Howard and a Sherrilyn Kenyon I haven’t read… That reminds me, if you haven’t signed up on JuliaSchmeelk.com for the…

Gardening is a gamble of time, a little money, labor, and love. It would be a terrible chore if a person didn’t relish escaping the house 🏠 , toiling in the dirt, or playing with water💧  in the heat. Inside people should not garden. On the other hand, it is the best excuse to walk…

One of the things my husband and I love to do is go for walks where few people have been. Fortunately, and this was the plan, we live in a place that we have plenty of choices to find the perfect spot. Anyway after a rain is the perfect time to go to look at…

My artist has done some amazing work, but Athena’s latest is the scene with the Farmers visiting Grabon’s nest and enjoying a little too much of Griss’s wine. The scene is in book 2 Heron’s Bonds, if you haven’t read it, it is really very funny. Griss is the large red dragon and he comes…

You know that old saying about lemons and lemonaide, well the cold weather has given me an idea that baking may be in order. After I get some editing done I think I’ll drag out the kitchen aid and see about making some cinnamon rolls. Nothing fills the House with positive energy like orange tea…

Now that I am writing full time, weekends do not mean the same. When I was teaching, those two days were paperwork, laundry, mucking out the house and recharging. Occasionally I met with students, did a few home visits got involved in an activity with kids, but I tried to keep that time to sleep,…

Have I mentioned that the great and wonderful Jethro happens to be part chicken? Well he is. Last night we had a very interesting weather show with flashing lights and loud bangs and booms. Being the chicken that he is, Jethro was hiding. He has a few favorite spots to wiggle into when things get…

It is a terrible thing to give less value to some life forms, but honestly spiders and ants are not my favorites. 🕷 and 🐜 make my flesh crawl. Large, small, thick or thin they bother me if they are inside my house. Outside, we’ll it’s different. Outside is where they belong. Unless, and I…