Coyotes & Chickens & Children, Oh My!

(With apologies to Dorothy’s “Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!” from The Wizard of Oz) This is another of those author trivia posts. I found my old Suzy Scribbles blog the other day. If you want to read some other funny stuff, head over there and g...

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Jan 25, 2023
Circle C Scavenger Hunt

This Scavenger Hunt Has Ended. Tune in January 31 to see the winner and the answers to the questions. Thanks for playing! Something new and different! Those who would like to participate in the first Circle C Scavenger Hunt will explore a page on And...

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Jan 23, 2023
The Grand Finale

I have spared everyone a day-by-day update on each goat kidding. So here are the last two: Lola and Leah (Cookie and Prissy are due later). First up (Friday, January 13). Lola is the “queen” of milking, so we are so excited to get two females from he...

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Jan 20, 2023
Elizabeth Carter Character Quiz

Heather J. is the winner of the quiz. Congratulations. Here are the winners, whose names went into the bowl to pick out for the random drawing. They either got every answer correct, or they missed 1 and got the bonus question right. Scroll down to se...

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Jan 19, 2023
Narrator Visit: Annette Romano

I always wanted my Circle C series to be available as audio books. It would be fun to listen to them when traveling or walking. Now, all four Circle C series (and two Goldtown) are audio. The youngest series, Circle C Beginnings, was my experiment on...

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Jan 18, 2023
A Matter of Honor

Listen to more audio short stories in Andi’s Attic >> Here is a fun short story, a flashback to when Justin, Chad, and Kate attended school in the tiny town of Millerton (from Tales from the Circle C Ranch collection). If you want awesome novel...

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Jan 16, 2023
Our (Least) Favorite Things #14-Ranch Animals

You can read other favorites in Andi’s Attic >> Thank you, Lizzy D., for the idea for this delightful post about some “least” favorite animals. 14. Our (Least) Favorite Ranch Animal February 1888 February is always lovely. The grass turns brigh...

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Jan 14, 2023
Caught by Surprise

Kristi’s goat, Grace, whom she raised last year on a bottle (because its mom rejected it) is grown up and had her own kid today. A complete surprise, as we thought Grace would not kid until the end of the month. So, here we are on the one beautiful s...

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Jan 13, 2023
Here We Go Again!

The “big” dairy goats are dropping their kids in between flooding rain, thunder, and all manner of horrific weather. It was a cloudy but rain-free day today. Do goats know these things? The herd queen, Velvet (100% Toggenburg) for the first time ever...

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Jan 12, 2023
River Rafting in a Flash Flood

I had to share the latest with the Ross Ranch. We are drowning here in “Andi” country, which makes Family Secret, where Andi nearly drowns in a flooding creek, so real! It could happen just the way I imagined and wrote it. Very scary, those real cree...

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Jan 10, 2023