Lorry Myers is a hometown writer from my roots in Centralia, Missouri. She pens a column for The Columbia Tribune that you can enjoy here. We initially crossed paths at a Career Fair event while I was in high school. She eventually wrote a very kind column about our discussion that day. Although I don’t recall it […]
Advance Praise for Sheep, Stetsons & Stockyards from Linda M. Hasselstrom
I first encountered Linda’s work through her widely read series of three books, The Wind Anthologies. The first book, Leaning into the Wind, is a collection of essays written by regular working women – not writers – who live and work on the land. Three writers, Linda and two others, then collected, edited and sought publication […]
Advance Praise for Sheep, Stetsons & Stockyards from Lee Pitts
Lee Pitts is a nationally syndicated columnists of “It’s the Pitts” and author of multiple books including: Essay’s from God’s Country, People Who Live at the End of Dirt Roads, A Collection of Characters, Back Door People, and These Things I Wish for You. He’s also the Editor of the Livestock Market Digest published in Albuquerque, […]
Write about what you know. (Or, a story about poop.)
Writers look up to and learn from other writers. One of my favorite writers is South Dakota author and poet, Linda M. Hasslestrom. She’s a rancher who writes. So she writes about cows, the prairie and grass. Another writer I enjoy is Baxter Black. He’s a vet. So he writes about some of his experiences […]
We.
According to the Notes app in my iPhone, I wrote this on January 29, 2015. At the time, my first baby would have been about three months old. She was coming out of what the doctors and pediatricians call the challenging “fourth trimester”. After having two children for one full summer season, it feels right […]
What I learned in August
What I learned it August Sometimes when I write this post, I’m all “I baked this and we learned how to do that and in the garden we did this.” Today, I’m feeling a bit more reflective. It’s because summer is winding down and I can’t help but consider things a little at the end of […]
Last day to pre-order!
Wow! That snuck up on me, what about you? Today is the LAST day to pre-order Sheep, Stetsons and Stockyards: Stories on Surviving Change. This guarantees your chance at a special first edition hardback copy – when they are gone, they are gone! To order, click here to go to the page about the book. Or, […]
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