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Dry to Wet
The weather is fickle in the Midwest. Dry as dust, flash floods and fluctuating temps can make anyone expand their bag of emergency equipment. It has always been weird, only now it is even weirder. The extreames are growing so we get more. If you think we are confused by shifting patterns imagine the squirrels,…
Read MoreCross Culture
If you have ever found something fascinating in someone else’s culture from food to customs that you chose to add to your own, you understand what is happening between the humans and the dragons in Grabon’s Territory. Personally we have many things we have found and adopted, from a fancy table garbage for dining to…
Read MoreCommunication
One of the most challenging parts of being human is mastering communication. I allude to the difficulties in my books, but I live the challenge daily. I know of a number of people who simply assume that everyone follows the same verbal routines as they do and proceed from there, adding it to written language…
Read MoreTraveling
We traversed a number of rivers, across small mountains and flat lands that even in February were brimming with life. The geese in groups and some other unknown birds were amassed and flew like a whirling tornado in some places. Flocks honked overhead as human traffic whizzed by on the highway. Have you ever wondered…
Read MoreBlog Postings
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Read MoreAnkles and Toes
A pain in the ankle or toe can stop you from moving, even though it is not the part you necessarily need, but the pain tends to radiate in all directions at once. The same is true of fingers and wrists, but they can at least be babied without having to park yourself in one…
Read MoreDot
Have you ever met someone who will work themselves to death trying to meet expectations, no matter how ridiculous those expectations are? That is Dot. She is loyal, loving, kind and she is a work horse, someone who looks at every situation and does all that she can to help move things. Then as everyone…
Read MoreSo Excited
I am so excited for people to read book 3 The Heartsinger because it introduces a new talent and gives a bigger peek at the larger world of NewEarth. While on a mission to rescue Brom and Griss’s youngsters, Tad and Hess encounter something unexpected. Her name is Evelyn, but everyone calls her Dot. Look…
Read MoreSnow Piles
As our world gets a light drenching and the temp creeps over freezing all the piles of white frozen fluff melt slowly, aquiring a gray film. Everything looks dingy until the next freeze and the next layer of white fluff falls from the sky.
Read MorePower and Muscle
There are some days when I wish I had the ability to coordinate power and muscle as so many of my characters do, turning a ten hour task into one completed in a few hours, still sweaty and hard, but possible. It would be amazing to build a structure, or strip logs in a portion…
Read MoreJelly Beans
As we see the Easter candy fill the shelves at the store, the one I am most drawn to is an old fashioned flavor. I love black licorice, that smooth ripe flavor of anise. The best of course is Brachs, but I can make do with any black jelly bean. I buy them by the…
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