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It took until nearly Christmas eve to get the final decorations up, but I was very happy with how they turned out. Very little of what I put up is "Christmasy" in either the biblical or secular sense, I just like putting up winter scenes or colorful vignettes that bring joy to those who look upon them. My nieces and their husband and significant ( Read more... )

I meant to post these pictures in the fall, but fall involved a fall, among other things, and so fun things were set aside.

I have always loved miniatures. I built dollhouses as a teenager and always dreamed of building Rosedawn Plantation. I would have loved to do something hobbity or elvish once that love developed. Well, the latest thing is ( Read more... )

I was embarrassed to find a three-year-old email on my computer, lost and unassociated with anything, a story about Bilbo and Gandalf, with Gerontious and Belladonna Took. Bilbo is my favorite hobbit. Most of you know I am not reading fanfiction much anymore, but this was not real long and something caught my attention, so I read it. Go read it, ( Read more... )

I hope you have a wonderful day in the midst of what has been a tremendous week given this, the preorder of your FIRST novel:


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Thank you to everyone who helped make my 50th birthday special. Our family did not make a big deal about birthdays, so they tend to be acknowledged, but parties are unusual. As far as I can remember I think my last party was when I was 13, so you will appreciate my surprise when my aides came on Sunday night and dressed me up and took me out on to ( Read more... )

Missouri State University is offering a FREE Mass Open Online Course (MOOC) about Laura Ingalls Wilder. It is a two part course, with the first part offered last fall. I heard a radio interview with the instructor, Pamela Smith Hill, who said they expected around 200 people to sign up and they ended up with 7000! The second part begins April 6. I ( Read more... )

We haven't seen you around very much lately, but I saw that your birthday today and thought this cake was perfect for you. Happy birthday!


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We ended up with 22-24" of snow, hard to measure exactly when the winds are blowing it around. So much for Monday night football, the roof of the football stadium collapsedAll my pictures are taken from indoors, as I have been drifted in until just a little while ago. I'm now completely snow-blowed out and the roads are clear, the malls are open ( Read more... )

It is 58F and SUNNY! It is so nice out I am almost giddy!

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