I’m excited to announce the winners of the Circle C fall 2023 contest. One from each age category. Note: This is a very busy week coming up, packing to go to CA. I will try to post the entries a few at a time. Since there were 50 (gasp!) entries for...

Rubicon’s Moonlight Motion, Dakota’s sire, has been trained to lie down and let his former owner, Megan, rest on his back. Rube is a big stallion, 16hh, but he’s as gentle as a kitten. (Kristel is his new owner). Watch this fun video with Megan showi...

So, a year ago, New Classics Study Guides interviewed me in three 5-minute interviews (parts 1, 2, 3). I never got around to posting more than one or two of them, and you had to go to the website to watch them. Now, since all three parts are finished...

Due to the large number of entries (comparable to some of the annual contests!), the judges need more time to work through the entries. The Fall Contest Winners will be announced next Monday, October 23, instead. I really needed to give them more tha...

A fun video showing Kristel of Painted Acres Ranch and Kody. He stands like a gentleman in one place, with his head up, to have his hooves picked. Just like Andi trained Shasta and Sunny to stand still while they have their hooves picked. Here is the...

Just a quick reminder. The fall 2023 writing contest ends Thursday, October 12, at 5pm Pacific Time. That is today. As soon as possible after the contest closes, I will send off your entries to my two judges (one for each age group). I have also look...

Wow! There were 139 total entries, of which 89 entries got the answer spot on: a horse’s eye. Madelyn K. was entry #82, so she is the winner of this What Am I? contest. If you haven’t seen the email yet, please check it and respond ASAP. You have 48...

Emmy J. sent me an email this morning. She loves the Circle C books but wants recommendations for other Christian Westerns. Any help would be appreciated. I can recommend Outlaw Trail, the book whose author (Kristen Cora) I interviewed, but send a li...

Have a go at four new Circle C online jigsaw puzzles. Then scroll through the older puzzles to discover a few you might have missed. In the comments, suggest puzzles you’d like to work. If you want a real, hands-on puzzle to work, click the image. Go...

Read Circle C fan fiction here >> Except for Emma Mae’s original fan fiction, this month posts last of the 2023 annual contest entries from last spring. It’s almost time to start posting the entries from the FALL STORY WRITING CONTEST. in the n...