Okay…here’s an interesting little insight that I didn’t even notice! I was actually somewhat astonished when it was pointed out to me.
A few months ago, a friend said to me, “So…I can see you really love nature.”
Well, of course I love nature! Everyone does!
But then her sister added, “I can tell by the names of [...]
Filed under: Real Life Inspiration on January 28th, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Last week I was up in Alamosa with some friends. As we were hanging around at one friend’s house (we’ll call her Barbarella), her cousin (we’ll call her Lally Joy) told us a story about when Barbarella was ‘getting to know’ her then husband-to-be (we’ll call him Luscious BoyLuke). Lally Joy told this story about [...]
Filed under: Real Life Inspiration, Uncategorized on September 29th, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I was shuffling through another pile of old papers today…and came across this…a little thingy I wrote years ago when I had received a ton of e-mails regarding Ransom Lake. I totally need to rework this…it’s too long, sort of corny and outdated. Still, I thought I’d share it with you today…just for some fun [...]
Filed under: Real Life Inspiration, Romantic Music on May 5th, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Someone posed a question to me last summer…asked me where I got the idea for “The McCall Boys” in my book Desert Fire. Well…the answer is simple…The Cottle Boys!
My friend Nan (to whom The Prairie Prince is dedicated…and who I never get too see as often as I want to) has quite the family…6 children [...]
Filed under: Real Life Inspiration on April 17th, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Okay! Okay! I’ve had so many readers inquire about the “Wild Cow Milking” scene in The Time of Aspen Falls that I’ve finally agreed to cave in and explain it!
First of all, let me begin by saying that I know there are people who do not approve of, nor enjoy, rodeo….but I do! Having lived [...]
Filed under: Real Life Inspiration on April 13th, 2009 | 3 Comments »
For about 175 years of my adolescent life (okay…it was only about 4), I had a die-hard crush on a boy named “Jake.” (A name has been changed to protect the not-so-innocent!) Being 3 years my senior, “Jake” was tall, cute and sort of mysteriously unobtainable. Know what I mean?
I first laid eyes on “Jake” [...]
Filed under: Real Life Inspiration on March 30th, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I told you I’d tell you the story of me and our horse Buck…and I will…but it did remind me of something else you might find much more interesting…a true-life incident that inspired a scene in The Heavenly Surrender! But first…here’s a little photo of me at age 7…astride our rather weak-minded horse, Buck. “Weak-minded?” [...]
Filed under: Real Life Inspiration on March 27th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It’s so funny how you go along in life…drawing inspiration along the way…at times not consciously realizing from whence you’ve drawn said inspiration…until someone points it out to you!
Last autumn, a good friend of mine (Amanda) was over…just visiting and eating some pumpkin cookies with me. We were sitting at the table, simply savoring the [...]
Filed under: Real Life Inspiration on March 16th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
