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2025: Fifty-three Years and Counting

My husband and I have been married 53 years this week. We met in high school, married young, had our children young, and then stopped having children at a young age. By twenty-five we had two children and a mortgage … Continue reading

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2025: Release of Smugglers of Sandhill Island

My latest novel, Smugglers of Sandhill Island, (lucky number 13) Smugglers of Sandhill Island: Chambers, Peggy: 9781509261789: Amazon.com: Books, is releasing on June 30 and is available for preorder now. I’ll be having a release party on July 12 if … Continue reading

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2025 – Father’s Day

Father’s Day is always special. In my family fathers are celebrated, as they should be. We went to dinner with our daughter early since she would be out of town, and we’ll continue to celebrate today. My father became a … Continue reading

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2025: Cala Lilies and Island Life

My cala lilies are blooming again. They are resilient. I’ve always loved them and had no idea how to grow them until a neighbor gave me a pot of strawberries that contained a little surprise—cala lily bulbs in the soil. … Continue reading

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2025: Garden Redos and Summer

Last year I did a major redo of my front flower beds to make it easier on this poor old body to weed and take care of things. The large bed is rock with shrubs and some statues, etc. Then … Continue reading

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2025: Memorial Day

My parents grew up in the Ozarks during the Great Depression—large families and not a lot of opportunities. But Dad got his career training during WWII. Otherwise, he would have been a poor dirt farmer like his father. He wrote … Continue reading

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2025: Smugglers of Sandhill Island

I finally finished the Sandhill Island series. If you haven’t read them, they are available at bookstores everywhere and online. I tried to come full circle including a few of the old characters and tied up their lives as they … Continue reading

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2025: Happy Mother’s Day

I became a mother at barely 20 years old. It was not in the plans. But it was in the cards. And I played them. And I loved them. College could wait. I eventually got back to that goal. Marrying … Continue reading

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2025: Evant and Salado, TX

We took a weekend trip with cousins from Texas last weekend. We always have a good time, and this was no different. We rented a vacation home and traveled to two different cities near Austin: Evant and Salado. It’s wonderful … Continue reading

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2025: Feed the Birds

We have a bird problem. Or maybe it is a human problem. You see my husband spends lots of money feeding the birds from a suet feeder in the backyard that is attached to a shepherd’s crook. The little winged … Continue reading

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