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Sisters, Sisters, Sisters. . .

July 14, 2025 By Deborah Raney

I've had sisters for 69 years now and they are still one of the greatest blessings of my life. One of the hardest things about moving away from Kansas was living far from my sisters. We see each other as often as we can, but it isn't nearly often enough. Last week Vicky went over to Bev's house and we had a fun FaceTime call. It made me so very grateful for modern technology. Except for the fact … [Read more...]

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Deb’s Favorites

July 13, 2025 By Deborah Raney

We hope you are enjoying these weekly feature posts from the authors of Inspired by Life…and Fiction. We're sharing some of our favorite things to help you get to know us a little better—and we’d love to hear your answers to these “favorites” questions in the comments below. Favorite Candy: Ever since I was a kid, I've loved jawbreakers because they last so long! The … [Read more...]

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Garage Sale Finds and the Recipes (as promised)

June 23, 2025 By Deborah Raney

After Tammy and Joe's visit on my birthday weekend last month, Tammy mentioned that I'd be sharing our garage sale finds and the recipes for the dishes I made while she and Joe were in Missouri for my birthday, so as promised, here's that post. I'm still, almost a month later, basking in the memories of our celebration. Tammy and I lined up our finds on the dining table after we got home from … [Read more...]

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Decade birthdays

May 26, 2025 By Deborah Raney

Today is the first day of my last week in my current decade. It's honestly a little hard to believe that I'm as ancient as I am. On Friday I'll enter the decade that I've always thought of as "officially OLD." Ouch! But I'm not going to fret. I did that my last decade and it turned out to be for no good reason. On my 20th birthday I was a newlywed living in New York with Ken, but we had … [Read more...]

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Deb’s Favorites

May 25, 2025 By Deborah Raney

We hope you are enjoying these weekly feature posts from the authors of Inspired by Life…and Fiction. We're sharing some of our favorite things to help you get to know us a little better—and we’d love to hear your answers to these “favorites” questions in the comments below. Favorite Beverage (whether hot or cold): I love a piping hot Americano with heavy cream. (And no, I don’t … [Read more...]

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