Part Two I’m adding Mango’s kids to this post from yesterday instead of creating a new post. MANGO kidded this afternoon, and of COURSE Ellie was not there again (and Mango is her goat). Ellie was in town taking her GED test, but her mother and I suc...

See more Photo Fridays here >> Long, long night, but Sprinkles kidded around midnight with four sweeties! Two boys and two girls. I’m too tired to write much more but wanted to share a couple of photos and a short video. We think the last two “...

January 3 saw Ellie’s goat Coconut kidding. But of course, Ellie was gone for the day with her brother. So, Kristel and I got the joy of the first babies of what is shaping up to be a super-busy kidding time (with atmospheric rivers scheduled for thi...

If any of you blog fans have published a book (on Amazon or Lulu.com), email me the link and let me take a look. If it’s been formatted professionally, I’d love to give young authors a “shout out.” Sara Miller did this with her book, and it was fun t...

Read more Blasts from the Past in Andi’s Attic >> If you have read the new Circle C Milestones book #6, Stranger in the Glade, “Winter Ice for Summer,” you got a up-close and personal look at something Andi had never experienced before: harvest...

The Winners! Three winners! One winner receives a print copy of Writers Roundup (or Writers Gold Mine). The two runners up each receive a digital ebook of either book. How fun is that? There were 73 entries with 652 entries. Here are the random winne...

Through the years, a few up-and-coming young writers have contributed their own post ideas to Andi’s Blog. For example, many of the character quizzes I have recycled (and updated) came from Sadie S., who years ago asked, “Mrs. M., I would love to thi...

See all of Colton’s birth and growing-up posts right here >> Colton is six and a half months old, so guess what? It’s time for him to be weaned. He is SO not happy about this idea and spent a lot of time whinnying and running around his separat...

See more Andi’s Journal and Photo Fridays in Andi’s Attic >> Christmas Letter, 1890 I feel so blessed this Christmas 1890. Our little man, Jared, is three and a half. The twins, Charlotte and Lillian, are healthy, happy, and rambunctious six-mo...

Listen to more audio short stories in Andi’s Attic >> Mrs. M has recorded another Andi short story, “The Best Gift of All” (from Tales from the Circle C Ranch collection, when Andi is young). If you want awesome novel-length audio books, you ca...