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Book Review: The Lady of Milkweed Manor
Description: Even a proper vicar's daughter can make a mistake…and now Charlotte Lamb must pay a high price for her fall. To avoid the prying eyes of all who know her, she hides herself away in London's forbidding “Milkweed Manor,” a place of mystery and lore, of old...
Book Review: The Invisible Girls
I had the pleasure of hearing Sarah Thebarge speak at the Writer's Connection meeting recently, and I picked up a copy of her book, "The Invisible Girls." If her stories at the meeting weren't enough to stir my soul, her book drove me to near tears. Amazon's...
Dreaming of ponies
Dreaming of my pony while stuck in the office...#countrygirl #stuckincitylimits
Book Review: Anomaly
Description: Thalli has fifteen minutes and twenty-three seconds left to live. The toxic gas that will complete her annihilation is invading her bloodstream. But she is not afraid. Thalli is different than others in The State. She feels things. She asks questions. And...
Book Review: Sweet Mercy
Description: When Eve Marryat's father is laid off from the Ford Motor Company in 1931, he is forced to support his family by leaving St. Paul, Minnesota, and moving back to his Ohio roots. Eve's uncle Cyrus has invited the family to live and work at his Marryat...
Book Review: A Noble Groom
Description: Alone with her young daughter in 1881 Michigan, she has six months left to finish raising the money needed to pay back the land contract her husband purchased, and the land is difficult to toil by herself. She needs a husband. With unmarried men scarce,...
The Great Mystery of the Horse-Human Connection
I'm going to be appearing regularly on ilovehorses.net - and my first post is up today! Check it out and share with any other horse-lovers you know. This is a great site with tons of information! I fell in love with horses the way most young girls fall in love...
thankful thursday: of injured ponies and growing gardens
In my break from blogging, I grew slack in writing down the daily gifts around me—and it affected my overall attitude a lot. I've resumed journaling my daily gifts, and thus I'll resume these thankful thursday posts. 🙂 (oh but I'm completely giving up on the...
How I Broke “Blogging-Block”
So what does it take to break this "has-been" rodeo queen's blogging-block? Apparently, attending a rodeo. (I know, it sounds a little obvious in hindsight.) I started writing in sixth grade because I loved horses and wanted to read more about them. I started writing...
Book Review: Once Upon a Prince
Who could pass up the chance to review a modern-day fairy tale written by the incredible Rachel Hauck? Not me. Description: Susanna Truitt never dreamed of a great romance or being treated like a princess—just to marry the man she has loved for twelve years. But life...