Welcome back to the 2022 Inspirational Western Women series! April is my favorite month. And not just because it’s my birthday month, but because it’s when vivid colors begin to surround us, the land is warming up, the nights are getting longer, and more times than not, it’s Easter. A time to celebrate Christ’s resurrection….
Welcome back! Incredible Western Women Series For those of you just joining us, here’s a little background… Born in the small town of Colville, WA, I was raised in the Spokane suburbs and moved to rural America with my husband a little over three decades ago. Country life is an amazing place to raise our…
Welcome back! Incredible Western Women Series For those of you just joining us, here’s a little background… Born in the small town of Colville, WA, I was raised in the Spokane suburbs and moved to rural America with my husband a little over three decades ago. Country life is an amazing place to raise our…
Welcome to Author Spotlight! I’m so excited to have my friend Paty Jager with us today. She’ll talk about how we met and her newest release, but I do want to say how I’m incredibly thankful we did. She has been a huge inspiration and led me to the organization that has nurtured my writing…
After writing my first novel (which a publisher has for consideration) in the Seven Tine Series, beginning the second book, and reading back issues of Western Horseman for inspiration, I decided the ranch for my new romantic suspense series needed a philosophy to live by. Especially now that one of the daughters and her…
Labor Day 2020. I will remember this day for the rest of my life. Late morning a predicted and wicked wind surged through and whipped our trees, shade tent and kids’ fort, chairs on our patio spun and bucked, and tree branches cracked and plummeted to the ground. Early morning, one of my daughters-in-law had…
“I’ve been watching my dad from behind the chutes since I was 3 or 4 years old and riding since I was 9,” Najiah Knight said during our phone interview. “He’s my inspiration.” The thirteen-year-old’s name is pronounced “nay-jah,” and she’s a spitfire with a heart of gold. Najiah comes from rural Oregon and dreams…
“I am a dreamer who dreams, sees visions, and listens always to the still, small voice. I am a trail-blazer.” ~ Susan La Flesche Picotte Eight-year-old Susan La Flesche sat at the bedside of an elderly Omaha Native woman. Her tummy twisted as she watched the elder’s jaw clench from pain. “Where is the…
Welcome to the party!! It’s cover reveal day! What do you think? Thanks to Rachel Rossano of Rosanno Designs for this beautiful cover of Lillian’s Legacy! A little bit about the book: Lillian Gardner, a healer in the making using natural medicines, is certain she is the black sheep of the family. In an attempt…
Have you ever listened to your heartbeat through a stethoscope? When I began researching Lillian’s Legacy, I knew the female Welsh medical doctor would not be using a binaural stethoscope in 1875. But I wasn’t sure what she would be using, so I did some research and came across early photos of monaural stethoscopes. Monaural…
How will we pay our bills? Feed our children? How long will this quarantine last? There are so many questions. Fear seems to run rampant these days for many. There isn’t much I can do. I’m not a doctor or nurse or any other first responder. God bless and protect these incredible folks! But what…
Life has taken a drastic turn for all of us, wouldn’t you say? It seems like life right now is missing the mark. Many archers think if they miss the ten-point mark they are not shooting well. But in reality, if they have a tight grouping anywhere on the target, they are on the right…
It is such a pleasure to have Arianna Seymour with me today. She is a Colville Tribal member, a student at Inchelium High School, was one of my Rez Stop students when I coordinated the afterschool program, and is one of our archers. She is as sweet today as she was when I was involved…
It is an honor to have Dr. Shawn Brigman with me today! I was able to snap a photo of the tule-mat lodge he created at the 2012 Arrow Lakes Powwow at Round Lake on the Colville Confederated Reservation, and he graciously has allowed me to use it on the cover of Heart of Passion….
Raising kids is not for the faint of heart! After raising three boys and a half-time stepson, having the experience of nine grandkids ages ranging from twenty-four to thirteen months, and working in a school district for twenty-five years in various roles and all grades…I’ve come to the conclusion… it takes a village to raise…
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