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Two 80th Birthdays

September 4, 2024 By D'Ann Mateer

We spent last week celebrating two new octogenarians!  My mom turned 80 on August 28. We celebrated big in July, with much of the family enjoying Park City, Utah, for a few days. But Mom was quick to remind us during that vacation that she wasn’t 80 yet!  On her actual birthday, we gathered a few of the grandchildren who were unable to make it to Utah as well as all three of her … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family Tagged With: birthday, Family

Snapshots of recent life

August 20, 2024 By Tamera Alexander

First, new covers for an older series... I'm reissuing this three-book series (originally released 2008-2010) and am thrilled that they're getting new covers. Our own Deb Raney's husband Ken (Raney Day Creative), who is a fabulous designer and collaborator, is designing these covers for me. The man has the patience of Job—at least in his emails. Deb might tell another story … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry, Books, Family Tagged With: From a Distance, Tamera Alexander

An Adventure in Branson

July 18, 2024 By Karen Witemeyer

A couple weeks ago my husband and I celebrated our 32nd wedding anniversary with a trip to Branson. I had only been there once before, back in 2018, as part of a writing retreat, but I had been wanting to return. I'm so glad we did. We had a marvelous time. We stayed in a lovely little cabin tucked into the woods. So quiet, peaceful, and wonderful shade with a breeze to cut back the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Family Tagged With: book signing, Branson, Vacation

A Mustang Tradition

July 4, 2024 By Karen Witemeyer

. Happy 4th of July!!! The holiday for family barbeques and thanking God for the country we live in. Last week, we traveled to the Oklahoma City area to deliver my youngest son to the Air Traffic Control Training Center they have there. Peter will be training to be an in-route ATC for the next three months. It felt a bit like we were dropping him off at college, even though he's already … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family, Friendship Tagged With: Bookmark Giveaway, Fireworks

Tuesday is Gram Tam day

May 21, 2024 By Tamera Alexander

So this is my today in real time... And now we are back at our place... Both are out for the count, so now's the time to finally get this blog posted. LOL So that's my Tuesday. So far. The rest is TBD...once they wake up. So what are YOU doing today? Anyone else snuggling and loving on grand babies? Love from my corner of Nashville, Tammy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry, Family

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