Included in this variety pack—how organized people stay organized (lists!) and a discovery of stationary from my childhood from someone who either thought I had a gift of writing, or thought it was about time I wrote home more. Also a return to the archetype (oh, how I have longed for an excuse to use […]
Some of my favorite stories were the ones with time travel. The sort of time travel that can go back to undo wrongs and sadness or go forward to prevent wrongs and sadness. Reality reboot/redo/do-over is one way to fix the past. -Like comforting myself that although I was never a flower girl at a
Last year was my first novel’s tenth birthday. I never thought about throwing it a party. But in 2014, my family threw a wonderful book release party and it is still on my top 100 favorite days. I am getting old so there are many, many hundreds of favorite days. So being in the top
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https://youtu.be/RrCRJBd3vkQ Jan Hagel1 cup butter1 cup sugar1 egg—separated2 cups flour1/2 tsp. cinnamon1 T water1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts or pecansHeat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease jelly roll pan (15×10-ish for crisp cookies, large cake pan for thicker ones.) Mix butter, sugar, egg yolk. Blend sifted flour and cinnamon, stir into butter mixture and pat
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Dithering is a skill I’ve developed into an art form. A month ago I bought fun stuff to give away as a means to entice people to please read my Christmas book. The first two people to comment from out of (Wisconsin) state get a book, choice of regular or decaf coffee or a pack
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This video is all about me. But I am so proud of this analogy to my writing style. And according to a grandson I am one of the most humble people he knows so me being proud is obviously an anomaly. (I have been accused of using ‘big’ words in my writing and the proof
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My friend and prolific author and country wife extraordinaire Susan Baganz wrote another niftyChristmas novella. I’m not going to tell you what it’s about except that the title is I’ll Be Gnome for Christmas and it isn’t technically about mythical gnomes but is gnome-adjacent. And the names are delightful and the characters are relatable and
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Tollhouse Pie 1 9” unbaked pie crust2 eggs1/2 cup flour1/2 cup white sugar1/2 cup brown sugar1 (2 sticks) cup butter, melted and cooled to room temp (I use a few tablespoons less than a cup)6 oz. chocolate chips1 cup chopped nuts (optional but nuts make everything immeasurably better) Preheat oven to 325.In large bowl, beat
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This self-imposed 4 minute video goal is a challenge. I have many words and lots of stuff that I want to show on the videos. It’s one way to justify having so much stuff. Also, please click on the link below for this glorious Thanksgiving carol. For the beauty of the earthFor the beauty of
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