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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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2025: Annual Enid Author Fest

Yesterday the Public Library of Enid and Garfield County hosted the seventh annual Enid Author Fest. It is unbelievable that it has been going on this long. I remember helping Margo Holmes when she came up with this nugget of … Continue reading →

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2025: Annual Enid Author Fest Next Weekend

Saturday, April 19, 2025, is the annual Enid Author’s Fest at the Public Library of Enid and Garfield County, 120 West Maine, Enid, OK from noon to 4 pm. Authors from all over Oklahoma will be selling, reading, and signing … Continue reading →

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2025: The Snow That Didn’t Happen

I thought I’d write about the snow this morning. The last one of the season—that was to happen in April. And then I got up to find the sun shining and 40 degrees. It’s Oklahoma. I’m not griping. I am … Continue reading →

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2025: Smugglers of Sandhill Island

I am so excited about the third and final novel in the Sandhill Island series, Smugglers of Sandhill Island. The edits are final, and the beautiful cover is complete. I am waiting for a release date. You’ll be the first … Continue reading →

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Tornado Alley SinC Writing Conference

I went to the Tornado Alley writers conference yesterday in Norman. It’s a two-hour drive for me from Enid. But I made that drive every other Saturday for two years while I was getting my Paralegal certificate (as I worked … Continue reading →

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