This segment was originally designed to be a thrill for all horse lovers, especially those of us who thrive off riding horses, training, colt starting. I had plans to share my long awaited experience of starting my colt from birth to now––a first-time-this-way-experience for me. It will still involve horse talk, or course, but perhaps…
A Nature Walk With Jack Nisbet. Welcome back! This is the final segment of the Fur Trade Festival in Kettle Falls, WA at the Kettle Falls Historical Center. Naturalist and author Jack Nisbet led the students on the last session the kids experienced at the Fur Trade Festival. We met Mr. Nisbet last year at…
Welcome back! One of the most exciting activities the students were able to participate in at the Fur Trade Festival was rope making and cording. I know they had a blurb on fire starting with flint in the same session, but I had to walk away as I received a phone call from my daughter-in-law…
Welcome back! Today we are exploring various kinds of traps men used to trap animals for their furs to trade at the Hudson Bay Companyin the Kettle Falls Area. For those of you who are just joining in, here is the scoop on the Fur Trade Festival: Every year the Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area’s…
Welcome back! Today we are shifting gears and talking about what kinds of items were traded among the folks at the Hudson Bay Company in the Kettle Falls Area. For those of you who are just joining in, here is the scoop on the Fur Trade Festival: Every year the Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area’s education…
Welcome back! Today we will continue on with Rick Desautel and Furs of the Fur Trade. Today we will talk about cats and dogs in northeast Washington. For those of you who are just joining in, here is the scoop on the Fur Trade Festival: Every year the Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area’s education specialist,…
The Turning is not a book I would normally read. But it caught my eye because the novel reminded me of a movie: The Vantage Point. Of course the two are quite different, yet while reading The Turning, there was a familiarity concerning points of view. Bunn is remarkable in this story of how…
Welcome back! Today we will continue on with Rick Desautel and Furs of the Fur Trade. For those of you who are just joining in, here is the scoop on the Fur Trade Festival: Every year the Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area’s education specialist, Janice Elvidge, heads up the Fur Trade Festival at the Kettle…
Dreams are meant to come true. God says when we commit our dreams and desires to Him, He will bless them. Some of you may not think a day on a sweaty, balking horse in the bushes, mud, and rain qualifies as a dream. But for me, it is and God blessed me recently with…
I am the mother of a saddle bronc ride–– a mix of pride and fear I hear the clang of flesh on steel I see the beast’s flaring nostrils, glaring eyes, pawing feet I want my son to have the ride of his life I am the mother of a saddle bronc rider–– a mix…
Recently I substitute taught in middle school, language arts, and one class was studying poems. Specifically I AM poems which have a specific way about them. Here is the model: FIRST STANZA I am (2 special characteristics you have) I wonder (something of curiosity) I hear (an imaginary sound) I see…
How does God inspire you? Through music or a daily message? Through humans or animals? I’m inspired by my American Paint Horse, Buck Superwind. I love all things horse. Bucks is the inspiration for the stallion, Sampson, in my Heart Trilogy. When I have a hurried day, when nothing seems to be going my way,…
Have you ever attended a writer’s conference then plodded home tired, brain spinning with information, not knowing what to do with it all? This past weekend, I attended the Inland Northwest Christian Writer’s Conference in Spokane, WA for the third year in a row. The conference is in its fourth year. I had an amazing…
I had no idea what a “one-sheet” was until I had an appointment with an editor for my young adult fiction book to be presented at the Inland Northeast Christian Writer’s Conference two years ago. I had to swallow my embarrassment and contact the conference director, Jan Cline, and ask her what this one-sheet was and how I should go about creating one. She was kind enough to send me an example. What a blessing that was! I quickly discovered this one-sheet was simple to put together, even on short notice.
A couple of months ago, myself and four other educators from our community, were trained both in 4-H and National Archery in the Schools Program, NASP, to teach archery to youth. Since then, we have been busy getting kids ready for a tournament in Ellensburg, WA which is a month away. It is amazing, in…
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