We just got bad news today. Yes, many times the news comes when you least expect it. Or maybe we should have been expecting it? Unsure. Our beloved Aussie Shepherd mix, Katie, has not been feeling that great for a few weeks now. She has lost weight and got finicky with her food. she didn’t moveContinue Reading
The Miracle of a Wander
As an author, why don’t I just sit at my comfy desk and simply write books? Why do I feel compelled to go backpacking, sometimes for days or weeks on end? Enduring the hardship and pain of hiking with a backpack, day after day, sleeping on the hard ground, no showers, with gnats in myContinue Reading
I Refuse a Boring Life
…Yes, so I am back. And life has NOT been boring while I’ve been away from here, to say the least…. I’ve had many adventures since last we spoke – both as a lover of our beautiful word and a lover of the written word! I hiked 300 miles SOLO last fall through the wildContinue Reading
The Bad and the Good – Stay Focused
2014 is ending in a bit of a physical challenge for me as I have been dealing with severe neck pain, cause unknown. But I think back to the year and realize there has been good times and sad times. This year saw some accomplishments for me, accomplishing several hiking goals, finding my Appalachian TrailContinue Reading
Choose to Soar like an Eagle
The journey of life has been dealing all kinds of wicked cards these days. Physically, emotionally, spiritually. I’ve seen people angry at each other. A nation angry at itself. Tough times. Disappointments. Loss. Things can look pretty dismal. I’ve been out for morning runs nearing my home and often look upward to the sky. ThereContinue Reading
Christmas Hope
Tis the season to reflect on that miraculous and perfect love born to us on a night long ago. I was thinking of an old Christmas carol I used to hear as a child, “Mary’s Boy Child” and one of the lines that says – “And man will live forevermore, because of Christmas Day.” HowContinue Reading
One of the Joys of Authorship
There it is again. A big huge box being delivered to my front door. Normally the boxes belong to my husband to does school fundraisers and is inevitably filled with brochures, prizes for kids, etc. But this time it has my name on it. It is a box of books. My author copies for TheContinue Reading
Can We Auto-Correct Humanity? Thought provoking…
Take a look at this video below then feel free to share your thoughts. I must say it was relieving for a week that I did not have the means to check Facebook or other social media. That I could put my phone away and live. In the next blog, I’ll show you pictures andContinue Reading
Farewell to an Old Friend
It is with great sadness that I say farewell to a great publishing line that bought my first book long ago, Mountaintop back in 1996 (and I was on a high peak of happiness that day!). After many years of publishing, first at Barbour Publishing and now at Harlequin, the Heartsong Presents line will beContinue Reading
I Am Shocked!
I start off a brand new era of this blog with shocking news…. My husband can’t believe it. My dad was stunned. My friends are probably wondering too. And then there’s me. I can’t believe it either. I took my very first scuba diving lesson. Well, I’ve got the equipment on . For many yearsContinue Reading
Doing the Tough Things in Life
Rocks like this proved challenging on the Long Trail. Author Photo I found myself at a crossroad. Or rather, at a cross-trail, as I was hiking the Long Trail of Vermont this past September. I’d already come well over half the journey. The day was rainy and windy. And I was stopped by two hugeContinue Reading
What a Difference the Light Makes!
Guest Blogger Naomi Musch I remember a 4:30 a.m. frigid November morning. Already we’d had a lot of snow here in northern Wisconsin, and hiking into the dense woods was cumbersome, especially weighed down in layers of thick clothing and carrying a rifle. We’d only moved into our farm home a few weeks earlier,Continue Reading