Congratulations, Micaiah and Ashlyn. My daughter chose part of each of the names you entered: Jewels Moonlight Treasure Micaiah entered “Jewels Misty Moonlight. Ashlyn submitted “Jewels Heavenly Treasure.” Both girls win the prize of the book of thei...

I don’t have time to do more than give you the joyous news. Jewels foaled last evening (Saturday night). The filly has exceeded even Kristel’s expectations. A beautiful buckskin paint tobiano (or tovero, or something rare like that). Rubicon’s (the s...

Writers and artists were given a month (May 1-May31) to respond to the prompt below with either a writing piece or a piece of artwork. Click on the tabs to see the winners and all of the sixty entries that came in. Imagine yourself living on a ranch...

Jewels’ milk hit the threshold: 6.2 pH. So there is no turning back! It will be tonight or tomorrow morning. Sadly, I will be leaving for a 5.5 hour drive over the mountains (Cascades) for our grandson Levi’s graduation. So even if she foals, I may n...

No foal yet and her due date was last night (well, June 5). All that fussing and pre-labor for nothing! But here is the pH strip (as if that means anything these days). I’m thinking it only gives false hope. LOL However, joy of joys, Jewels has sudde...

If you’ll remember, this month’s guessing game had two winners, so congratulations to Dorcas (I drew her name first, so she gets the audiobook and the notepad). Lelah is the second winner, and she got the audiobook. Enjoy, ladies! There were 82 entri...

So, I have a new blog post category: A Blast from the Past. I originally had it as historical stuff, but now it is transitioning to include old blog posts (or pages) that have gotten lost in the sea of posts. Some go back three or more years. Hopeful...

The contest ended on Saturday, and wow! So many wonderful entries especially the fun art ones. I’m just letting you know, that if you submitted an entry using the Google Form, I for SURE got your submission. You should have received an email today (M...

Just thought everyone might get a kick out seeing Jewels progress toward foaling. She is officially “due” June 4 (this coming Wednesday), but Kristel is not sure which of the five days of breeding was the day she “took.” With a mare, it’s easy to kno...

See more Character Quizzes > I’m excited to offer a character quiz based on one book only, San Francisco Smugglers. Personally, I really like little Lin Mei, and the cover model, Gracie, my friend’s adopted daughter, was perfect in the role of thi...