Mattie is a wife, mother, author and librarian we met at Midwest Parent Educators Expo recently. She has written historical novels with the stories told from a horse’s point of view. Check out Mattie’s books at appaloosybooks.com. My granddaughter was pleased to be able to buy one of Mattie’s books with her own money. Both Mattie and I had some great young readers come to our respective booths.

I appreciated meeting homeschool parents and students and seeing old friends. It is especially gratifying to have “repeat” customers who have enjoyed my books. Other vendors were great to visit with as well. We were next to Mattie from North Dakota. I will talk more about her in another post.

A young girl had been eyeing the RJ series and when she came to the booth near the end of the event she had the idea of bartering for the books. I was glad to take her up on her “deal” because the product she traded for the books was a great product I had been interested in. We were both happy with the trade.

One day a couple months ago I caught a photo of this young patriot. I have no idea what he was thinking. I think of freedom and peace and pride and all who love the country I call home.

My latest book (available on Amazon) is a story told by an old cowboy who had the adventure of a life time when he was a young man. George is the son of other fictional characters from the RJ series. He recalls traveling alone in the late 1800’s from Oregon to Texas with just his three horses as companions in search of a rancher who would take him on as a hand. All, I’ll say is, I hope you will enjoy George’s stories as much as I did writing them. I had a great Uncle George who ranched in eastern Montana. He was a humorous character and the model for the “cowboys” I write about in my books.

All titles are available on Amazon.

November 10th.

Right now at the cabin there is this look of in “betweenness.”

Fall is still here and winter is coming.