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Who can resist the temptation of “free” land?
As a land steward, I understand the feeling that comes with knowing that the land you derive your living from is personally owned. No one...
Jul 31, 20194 min read


The Panic of 1837
As we all know, our world is driven, many times, by reaction. Today we find ourselves reacting to Tweets and the 24-hour news cycle, our...
Jul 24, 20193 min read
"You Want Me to Go Where?"
My husband and I have moved six times in our married lives. Save one corporate paid move, the rest were done by ourselves where we...
Jun 27, 20193 min read


Rivers Were Our First Superhighways
Growing up in the San Juan Mountains, where rivers and streams start their journeys, it wasn’t until I started my story’s research that I...
Jun 20, 20193 min read


Wrapping One's Head Around 1849 Geography and European-American Impact
One of the reasons I was excited to start this blog was to help give context for the time and place of my story to my readers. Prologues,...
May 28, 20194 min read


Code of the West
Growing up on a ranch in southwestern Colorado in the mid-to-late-20th century has given me a unique perspective from which to write....
May 9, 20192 min read


The "What the...?" factor
When not on actual trips of discovery, I’m in my mountain cabin, laptop, books and papers scattered all around the arcs of my rocking...
Apr 15, 20192 min read
It's all about authenticity
Whenever possible, I have tried to do the thing that I ask my characters to do so I know it is possible. For instance, I had never fired...
Apr 8, 20193 min read


Curiosity, research and an impatient husband
History makes me curious, I can’t help it. Why did people do the things they did? What drove them or inhibited them? What about all those...
Mar 28, 20192 min read


Where did it all come from?
I started writing in 2009. Granted, it had been a very long time since Freshman English in college but I started nonetheless. I took a...
Mar 2, 20192 min read
Do you remember the first time?
I do. I remember it very clearly. The echoes of clapping hands, the warm glow of sincere satisfaction filling my heart and an inner voice...
Feb 4, 20192 min read
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