I love bird houses. Can you imagine how many little birdies make their homes in these beautiful houses? It seems as though every farm has one or more of these beauties. I don’t have any type of bird house and I really should think about getting one. The birds in my yard are homeless because […]
I always try to shop local whenever possible. It’s much more satisfying buying something that your neighbors grew and not something that was mass produced halfway across the world. I used to love going to the “city” but now you have to literally drag me to the car. My only reason to go is knowing […]
Coffee and donuts…that’s my jam. It seems as though there is a bakery everywhere you look here in Amish Country which enables me to have just about any variety of donut I like. Or give me a cream stick smothered in frosting and I would be right fine. My blood sugar well….that’s another story but […]
I was able to catch this wonderful sunset a few weeks back as we were driving home. Lovely, don’t you think? I am struck by the simple beauty of where we live. I can’t imagine ever living in a “concrete jungle”. How would I capture imagines such as this? Two roads diverged in a wood […]
I wanted to let you all know that Sarah Price’s first book in her Amish of Lancaster Series is on sale! Here is a little about the book: In Fields of Corn, Shana Slater, a non-Amish woman from out of state, doesn’t realize that her life is about to change when she pulls into the Lapp […]
I can hardly believe we are making our way through July. I hope everyone is enjoying long lazy days filled with lemonade and barbeques. I love summer but I also love Christmas just as much. I started thinking what better way to have some fun than to combine my love for both with a wonderful […]
Hello fellow readers! I wanted to share with everyone that The Divine Secrets of the Whoopie Pie Sisters Complete Trilogy is on sale for 99 cents! That’s quite the deal…three books for less than a dollar! Three books that I highly recommend and not just because there is a character with my name in them […]
Guideposts Books is excited to announce the premiere of a new film based on the book Love Finds You in Sugarcreek, Ohio (Summerside Press) by Serena Miller. The movie, produced by Mission Pictures International and filmed last fall in the actual town of Sugarcreek, will premiere on Sunday, June 1, 2014, at 7:00 PM EDT […]
People often ask me if I ever base a character on someone I know in real life. While my characters are seldom exactly like people I actually know, I often use personality traits and quirks I observe to create believable, three-dimensional characters. My mom and dad share many traits with Anna and Felty Helmuth, the […]
Seasons of Tomorrow – A Just Dessert After a Three-Course Meal by Susan Ferrell Finally! At last! Ahhh! Book Four of Cindy Woodsmall’s Amish Vines and Orchards series, Seasons of Tomorrow, had arrived! Could Woodsmall deliver with this final book in the series? Would it drag out? Would it keep my attention? Well in short: […]