Blog starts up again :)

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Thank you everyone for continuing to visit the blog during the fall break I took for myself.


It has been one heck of a busy year for us, and the epidemic has - like most of us - affected our business greatly. We completely shut down in April and will now open Nov. 1st. At one time we were planning for Sept, then Oct 1 but we kept hearing that there were problems with the spread and so, to play a positive role, we remained closed.

This year we spent a great deal of time on home projects, business plan review, manuscript work and media appearances. On the home front, it involved: installing a living room and new bathroom fan, creating a privacy screen area for the hot tub, created a new sitting area where the (sold) camping trailer once sat. We built an asparagus bed, extended and organized the garden shed and built a few more support trellises for the gardens. After replacing the entrance gates and repairing the front steps, the long chore of painting the siding began.

I don't know if you noticed but we've had a lot of media coverage January - March... it's been great! You can see them via the Media page of our blog. In fact we updated all the blog pages and as you can on my FaceBook, if you're interested, I've posted quite a few resources for distance and online learning, kid-friendly activities, and tips for passing the time proactively. Use the "search" box located on the right hand side bar and check out articles posted on this topic this year if you are interested.


All the while, this year, we dealt with the impending grief and misery of watching our old grandma dog fade fast. We chose to let her go in the late summer and it wasn't until now that we realized how much grief was in our hearts all year; how heavily that grief weighed on us. Sadly our other dog has transitioned to being a senior and we are seeing all the signs of it now. Hopefully she will be with us another year or two. In October we lucked out and were able to adopt 2 puppies... and we found ourselves dealing with an abundance of garden harvests to process... all of which I'll talk about later this week. Also watch for author interviews and so much more coming up in the next few weeks :)


Anyway - as you can see... our lives have been somewhat hectic this year and taking time off from the office and the blog was an essential change for our mental health. I'm back on the blog as of today! So do send in your interview queries, article and poetry submissions, announcements... or just reach out to me and comment on the blog. I'm now available :)

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