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, […]
Storytelling was not only for entertainment, but was a way to teach the youth of the Sinixt or Arrow Lakes People of northeast Washington. This was a way of trudging through the long winter months. This is the traditional story as it was told by Spupaleena to Elizabeth in my first young adult book: Change […]
I’ve been invited to participate in the Next Big Thing blog series, in which authors get to describe what they are working on right now. I was invited to participate Donis Casey, who posted her own Next Big Thing last week at http://www.doniscasey.com. Then at the end of this blog, I’m tagging other writers who […]
Research is inevitable when writing a book whether its fiction or nonfiction. It was only after working with elder Marguerite Ensminger for three years did I decide to write Change of Heart for my sons. Later I followed up with Heart of Courage. Not only did she teach me the difficult guttural sounds of the […]
Craft Fairs Fun or Folly for Authors? What a craft fair! This past weekend I was a vendor at my high school Craft Fair. Go Bears! I haven’t been back since I graduated in 1983. But then again, I went to the old school and now there stands a gorgeous new school, which was surely […]
