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Autumn has arrived! I love everything about this season…falling leaves, apples, pumpkins, corn mazes, haunted houses, ghosts… That’s right. Autumn brings Halloween, which means it’s time to read something with a bit of thrill. If you prefer your thriller laced with romance, might I suggest my next novel? Technically, it’s a YA romantic suspense, but…

Summer has come and gone (mostly). And so have the lambs. Last week was the county fair, which means my family basically lived at the fairgrounds. The kids fed animals, cleaned stalls, washed, showed, interviewed, etc. etc. etc. forever and ever and ever until everyone was so exhausted and hungry and smelly and smiley that…

Summer has arrived! Without the usual temperatures up here, but that’s okay. I’ll take our 50-degree days. My family went camping at Glacier National Park last weekend. We knew it was going to rain, but we didn’t expect it to pour nonstop. We brought ponchos on our 4.6-mile hike to Avalanche Lake, but even they…

Summer is… still far away. More snow this week, nighttime temperatures down to 24°F, and I learned a new term! Graupel. Ever heard of it? It’s like hail, but instead of ice, you get mini snowballs. They are cute, fluffy, cold, and evidently a regular thing here in Montana during the changing spring/fall seasons. But…

We helped out at the local Arbor Day event with our 4-H club (WE LOVE 4-H!) and learned all about planting trees in this incredibly difficult land. Our little section of Montana sits on a massive ribbon of granite, so our soil is made of decomposed granite and is tough to dig in. But thanks…