Happy Summer, !Here's some fun trivia. Do you remember the Stepping Stones book, Andi Dreams of Gold? My grandson Kevan modeled Cory. Back in May (May 30th), he was married to a delightful Christian (homeschooled!) young lady, Anne. Guess what? Her f...

Happy July, !I hope you all had a delightful Fourth of July last weekend and celebrated our country's 250th birthday of Independence. Ours was quiet. "Fires" are in the air. We saw smoke the other day and heard the helicopters circling. There is a sm...

🎆Happy Fourth of July!🎇Many of you are no doubt heading out for this very special 250th Anniversary Fourth of July weekend, but Mr. M and I are not. No, sirree! (like Andi would say). We are sitting in the quiet Ponderosa pine forests of the Okanog...

Greetings!I'm so glad summer is here. My garden is growing! My corn is up! So are my beans, carrots, cilantro, potatoes, and onions. Yippee! They didn't freeze. And I'm trying an experiment this year. SWEET POTATOES! I love sweet potato fries and wan...

🔎 Do You See My Writing Books in the Corner?👆There they are: my two writing workbooks . . . peeking out of the corner on the left-hand side of this image. Bear with me, friends, because I'm in way "over my head."My digital study guides and lapbooks...

I wanted to start out with our Bible verse for the month of June. I love this verse, and I learned it long ago in a . . . song. Scripture songs are absolutely the very best way to memorize Scripture. Sometimes the words differ a bit from the translat...

FLASH FICTION (and) LOOK-A-LIKE CONTESTNothing's ever easy! If you will believe this, most of the responses to the Contest Survey a couple weeks ago ended up with voting straight down the middle (like 50% vs. 46%) for every question I asked except on...

Guess this mystery object for a chance to win a pair of cute horse socks and a Circle C mini-flashlight keychain . . . or the ever-popular gold/fool's gold combo (especially for Goldtown readers, but Circle C fans can choose it too). Giveaway runs Tu...

YOU REQUESTED MORE STORIES . . . . . . and I heard you. 80% of survey responses asked for more Circle C stories. I wrote this short story about Andi's brothers Justin and Chad fifteen years ago. It enjoyed a brief stay in an old Circle C short-story...

WELCOME TO THE REWARD RANCH!I have exciting news. To thank you for being a newsletter subscriber, I'm launching a brand-new rewards program. It's easy for you to participate, although it was somewhat tricky for me to set up. I hope I didn't mess it u...