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When You’re Facing Loss…

I didn’t think 2020 could get any worse, and then it did. Each morning I wake up and for a moment I am fine, then it hits me. The recognition of grief. Like grief has been standing beside my bed waiting for me to open my eyes. It wants to be acknowledged and entertained like an unwelcome relative that won’t leave your home. I remember this same feeling when Anna died. You think, oh no, did I dream this terrible thing? Please let this be a bad dream, but you know it’s not a dream. And loss spills like twilight […]

By Paula September 30, 2020

Ending harvest season with a favorite recipe for you ~

Autumn isn’t autumn without Butternut Squash Soup. But before I leave you with my favorite fall recipe, I want to reconnect. Our harvest was overwhelming this year in a good way. After several years of disappointing crops, this year our orchard went wild. We harvested more stone fruit than we ever have before and worked our behinds off. Due to the COVID-19 quarantine, we opened a farmstand on our property. We live out in the country and I didn’t think very many people would drive out to visit us, but they did. Fridays on the farm became a new part […]

By Paula September 9, 2020

On Father’s Day… a tribute to an amazing dad…

I want to introduce you to an incredible man, Retired Colonel Rick Fields, standing between these two helicopters as a 19-year-old crew chief in Vietnam. When my husband, Scott, first met Colonel Fields, Scott was a rebellious fifteen-year-old living on his own in the Washington D.C. area. Colonel Fields quickly realized Scott was a wayward teenager in need of a father’s love and discipline. So Colonel Fields did what any man would do, he took Scott into his home and “pumped him full of sunshine,” as Colonel Fields likes to say. Obviously, I am kidding here. Very few men are […]

By Paula June 17, 2020

Dear Quarantined Mom on Mother’s Day

Are you wondering what happened? You stepped into 2020 so sure of yourself. Life was a little wobbly, but you weren’t. I mean you never thought one of your greatest fears could come true this year. Not that a pandemic would stop the whole world, but that you would have to homeschool your kids. I know. What’s wrong with a little bird in your house? A sparrow flying around as you try to work from home during quarantine. You always work from home, but not with a houseful of boys bouncing around. You told your youngest to get outside, “It’s […]

By Paula May 10, 2020

How I Became A Bestselling Author

In 2016, exactly four years ago today, my first novel was published on Amazon. It was nerve-wracking. Honestly, I thought it was the beginning of the end of my writing days. Everyone will know I don’t have what it takes to make it as an author, ran through my head 24/7. This haunted me but I kept on writing. I couldn’t imagine not writing. I’ve been writing books since I was ten years old. My first story, The Puppy Without A Tail, was born out of a childhood move. I went from being one of the most popular kids at […]

By Paula May 4, 2020

I finished a book in quarantine…

We had the best bloom ever here on our farm in February. Considering “Bloom” was my word for 2020, this was very exciting. I loved February’s bright, balmy weather, busy bees, and blooms as far as the eye could see. It smelled like heaven in our orchards and the birds sang their little hearts out. Then March roared in like a lion, and along with winter returning, Covid-19 crashed the party. Overnight I became a homeschooling mom in the middle of trying to finish my latest novel, Leaving Lonesome. There were days I wrote with a wild bird flying around […]

By Paula April 12, 2020

I’m excited to share a new story with you…

First I want to apologize if you ended up on my newsletter list by mistake. Scott is helping me run my website and send out my newsletter and if you landed on our list against your will please free yourself by unsubscribing and accept my heartfelt apology. I’m so sorry! I know what it’s like to have an email box out of control. I didn’t even know Scott had opened this new email to run my newsletter until today when he said, “You have 75 messages in your new email box,” and I said, “What new email box?” Talk about […]

By Paula February 19, 2020