I hope everybody had fun with this scavenger hunt (and visited some new bloggers you may have been unfamiliar with). Okay, so on to the Scavenger Hunt answers. I gave a lot of leeway because honestly, some of the answers were subjective (what I thoug...

It’s May 26 and once again, it’s Andi Carter (Prescott’s) birthday. A few years ago (2020), I hosted a fun birthday contest. I think it would be fun to host it again. In 50 words or less, give Andi a birthday gift. She can be celebrating any birthday...

Back at the beginning of April, I posted a sneak peek of chapter one of Valley of Treasure (book 5). Now it’s time to give you a sneak peek of Ocean of No Return (book 6). I’m almost finished! Only five chapters to go. My goal is to finish it by the...

Welcome to the next batch of contest entries. A fun Monday morning surprise for as long as requests keep coming in (or I may . . . on this tenth anniversary of the contest) highlight all of the entries. We. Shall. See. As always, the links to these s...

Finally! The 2023 contest book is up on Amazon. It took a couple of tries. I found a few typos after I originally uploaded the interior pages, so I immediately had to create an “update.” But it should be good now. The book is available in print ($6.9...

Yes, you read that right. Let’s explore and give the fans’ blogs a little love today. There are a few new blogs up, but I mixed everything up. Usually, new blogs are posted at the bottom of the page and added that way, but this time of year is “clean...

Dakota and Taffy turned one month old on April 26 and April 27. However, Mrs. M went back to Washington the same day and so it’s taken awhile to get this update scheduled. The day before I left we took pictures and videos. Taffy is just shy of a mont...

Welcome to the next batch of contest entries. I’ve decided to do five at a time instead of six, as six seems a lot to read at one posting. More than five have come in, so if you do not see your story listed here, do no worry. It will be in the next b...

See more Photo Fridays here >> Wow! 58 entries and 52 of you got it right. It’s a closeup of a LEAF. Thanks for playing. The randomly chosen winner (chosen by Random.org) is Faith S. Be on the lookout for June’s “What Am I?” contest coming Frid...

More Photo Friday posts >> Mrs. M got this idea when Daisy J. sent her a picture of a special place where she collects Circle C books and fun stuff. I thought it might be fun to put out a call to anyone who would like to share their “Circle C S...