The Ranch in my book is a real place.  There, now you know.  (Just in case you were wondering.)  It had to be The real Ranch, after all, without The Ranch there wouldn’t have been…

Nebraska State Song Lyrics! Beautiful Nebraska Written by Jim Fras  Beautiful Nebraska, peaceful prairie land, Laced with many rivers, and the hills of sand, Dark green valleys cradled in the earth, Rain and sunshine bring…

It seems each day brings a new opportunity.  Sometimes it’s nothing more than keeping a cheerful attitude in the face of a humdrum day.  Other times it’s something totally new.  Something that lights up your…

Yesterday morning I had the wonderful experience of being on the radio here in Newberry.  The really neat part for me, besides the fact that I was able to share about my book with so…

I am enjoying the first of a stretch of 6 out of 7 days off from my day job, nursing.  It is one of the best perks of being a nurse, flexibility in scheduling.   As I…

I don’t know what it is about the place where my husband grew up,  it’s always felt like home to me.  Maybe it was the contrast between the hectic-too-many-people-in-one-place environment of South Florida and the…

I have been home and back to work a week now.  Is it just a week???  The trip went as planned, we had no trouble except for the one flat tire in Olive Branch, Mississippi…

Have you ever had the chance to go back, maybe visit some place from your childhood?  I get to come here to Broken Bow at least every year and especially every other year for the…

My best intentions were to keep up with this blog EVERY day!  However… what a week!  It was great but so jam packed with visiting family, friends, and working on promoting my book that I…

Friday evening we squeaked into Broken Bow just in time to get a press release to the Custer County Chief.  Only problem was they left early that day.  Oh well, there is email!  After walking…