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The Sweet Taste of Summer!

The Sweet Taste of Summer!

I love the tastes of summer! Whether it is hamburgers being grilled, fresh corn salad, or a perfectly ripened watermelon. But one of my favorite all time recipes is the classic Strawberry Shortcake! I am not sure if I love it because the sweet berries burst with flavor, the buttery shortcakes are topped with whipped…

Learning, Loving, and Putting the GRAND in Grandparents.   What is your legacy?

Learning, Loving, and Putting the GRAND in Grandparents. What is your legacy?

A few years back I wrote a story for the Colfax Record about grandparenting and interviewed people who had just become grandparents for the first time. When I asked a friend, Dena Saunders, what kind of a legacy she wanted to leave for the next generation it didn’t take long to respond. “I want to…

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I have been traveling lately. I have loved visiting school kids, talking about writing, and encouraging wide eyed youngsters to stay curious and use their imaginations. What I have enjoyed the most is sharing stories with people I have met and those I have stayed with, not just random stories, but their stories. I loved…

Dog-gone amazing!

Dog-gone amazing!

“Dogs have a way of finding people who need them, and filling a hole we didn’t even know we  had.”   Thorn Jones Rusty was just a ball of soft fur when we got him from a friend whose dog had just had a litter of pups. We weren’t really looking for another pet, after…