Custom-Made

One woman’s desire to celebrate the Barnaby Island Drummers blessed them with custom-made ribbon attire. Tena Putnam spear-headed a group of women to gather together and sew nine ribbon shirts, skirts, and vests for the drum group, including a pint-sized wing dress for one of the drummer’s preschool-aged daughter, Queenie. Lead drummer Clem Nicholas was…

Garden of Her Heart

Garden of Her Heart

  USA Today Bestselling Author Shanna Hatfield joins us with her latest release, a sweet World War II romance. Picture a beautiful summer day when the sky is clear, the temperature is warm, but not uncomfortably so, and the humidity is low. On one of those ideal summer days, Captain Cavedweller (my husband) and I climbed a…

On Higher Ground

On Higher Ground

This summer has slipped by. But not quick enough for my husband and I to venture into the mountains, climbing to the top of Grizzly Mountain lookout tower. We began the day picking huckleberries with one of our sons and his family. Then we forked away and up the mountain. Here is a photo journal…

Name Digging

What’s so important about a name? How do we find names for our characters? How does Cash turn into Kash? Recently, a friend and fellow author borrowed my horse’s name Cash and flipped it to Kash for a recent character name she was searching for. I know I’ve borrowed our family name, Elizabeth, for my…

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