🎆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...

Guess this mystery object for a chance to win book 8 of the Circle C Adventures series, More Tales from the Circle C Ranch . . . or the ever-popular gold/fool's gold combo (especially for Goldtown readers, but Circle C fans can choose it too). Giveaw...

The newsletter survey results are in! Thank you for over a hundred (120) responses to my attempt to find out what you would like to see in this twice-a-month newsletter/email. One of the choices for "new content" (with over 65% of you choosing) was p...