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The Magic of Seed Catalogs

Few things brighten a dreary winter day like the arrival of a seed catalog or, better yet, several of them.  The covers are always brilliantly colorful, overflowing with blue-ribbon produce and/or glorious flowers, and inside those pages, well, the magic continues....

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Country Strong

That's the title of my new book, which will be released in six days, on January 21, 2020.  I love, love, LOVE that title, for more reasons than one.  (I'll get to that.) Country Strong is the first novel in a trilogy of contemporary Western romance, set in the...

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What’s Cookin’?

The whole house smells mighty good as I write these words.  I have a small turkey stewing in my 18-gallon roaster/slow cooker--the big bird, reserved for Thanksgiving, when my dear friends Jean and Curt will be visiting, is still in the freezer, awaiting the big day....

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It’s probably true that….

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.  For right now, I figure I'm strong enough, thank you very much.  I'm hoping I get to coast a while before I have to undertake any more heavy-duty learning experiences, but since I'm not in charge of the universe (thank...

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Veteran’s Day–and more

Mea culpa.  I have not blogged in so long that I am almost ashamed to show my face, figuratively speaking of course.  I won't bore you with the reasons; we all pass through some dark valleys now and then, since this is Earth, not Heaven.   I am grateful to say that I...

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Tomorrow’s the Day

Finally. After dreaming and studying and visiting battlefields for nearly thirty years--not to mention writing approximately 140,000 words--it's happening.   Tomorrow, May 7, 2019, THE YANKEE WIDOW, my new book, will be released in hardcover and as an audiobook.  ...

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A Dream Comes True!

On May 7, one of my biggest dreams will come true: my Civil War novel, THE YANKEE WIDOW, will be released in hardcover by Mira Books. This is a big, sprawling rough-and-tumble brawl of a story, with strong characters and lots of research behind it. In early July of...

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Everything I Know (About Art), I Learned on YouTube 🙂

I've missed all of you, and I know some of you have been worried about me.  So here's the truth--I've been grieving for my cousin and dearest friend, Mary Ann, who left us last November 5.  Add this sorrow to years of constant work, the process of downsizing and very...

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Presenting….LLM presents

https://harlequinblog.com/2018/09/author-recommendations-linda-lael-miller-on-the-ranchers-christmas-promise-by-allison-leigh/ I'm delighted to return to the blog, and to introduce you to a new story by a long-time friend of mine, Allison Leigh.  Allison is a very...

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I Didn’t Come Here to Snivel…

But I do owe you, my loyal blog buddies, an explanation for my long absence.   2017 has been, in so many ways, the most difficult year of my life--no small statement, since I'm 68.   On November 5, my beloved cousin, my heart-twin and trail boss, Mary Ann Bleecker...

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