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2024: Glome’s Valley at the Heavner Runestone Park

This blog is about the little story that could, Glome’s Valley. Many years ago, my husband and I saw an Oklahoma travel show on TV that talked about the Heavener Runestone. At that time, the park belonged to the State … Continue reading

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2024: At the Heart of the Game

My mind is wandering as I eat breakfast and look out at the beautiful blue sky and green grass. Beautiful from inside my air-conditioned home. It’s been in the upper 90s and low 100s. I got out of the equally … Continue reading

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2024: Rainy Days and Sundays

It’s pouring outside as I sit at my computer warm and snug on a rainy Sunday morning. Here on the Great Plains in the middle of August, it has cooled down and we are getting rain. So unusual. Oklahoma City … Continue reading

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2024: The Mystery of the Multiplying Blue Wine Bottles

I have a mystery this week in my own front flower garden. The mystery of the multiplying cobalt blue wine bottles. I planted some boxwood bushes a few years ago separated by river rock and pots of flowers. I thought … Continue reading

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2024: 100,000 Miles!

I officially have an old car. Sigh. My 2014 pearl finish Equinox is about to run over 100,000 miles. It lacks 24 miles and I watch it like a hawk. I want to see the transition. I can’t believe it … Continue reading

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2024: Lucky Number 13!

I am once again honored to tell you that I just signed a contract with The Wild Rose Press for (drum roll please) book number seven with them! This is the final Sandhill Island novel. The first two novels were … Continue reading

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2024: I Hope You Beat the Heat

It’s hot outside! Not a news break, I know, but beating the heat in Oklahoma seems to be a fulltime job these days. I don’t handle the heat the way I used to. When I was young with young children, … Continue reading

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2024: Hidden Gems in Enid

My hometown, Enid, Oklahoma, has been on a campaign of public art in the last few years. This particular piece is on the City Offices. We have a Mainstreet Enid group that helps keep the downtown area looking good and … Continue reading

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2024: Of Washing Machines and Interviews

If you follow me on Facebook you know I got a new washing machine this week. I may have squealed loudly. I take pleasure in the small things, like clean clothes. We’ve been limping along a 10-year-old washing machine with … Continue reading

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2024: William Kent Kreuger

I’ve been cleaning out books. If I don’t we have to build on to the house. Or I thought about crafting cards, organizing the books by the Dewey Decimal System, and checking them out to the public. But our town … Continue reading

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