Happy Beltane! Spring on the Homestead
Happy May Day! It’s the first of spring and spring has really sprung here on the homestead. Previously I posted about my kitty litter container garden, and I wanted to provide an update. Using square foot gardening plans, I planted most of the containers with...
A Herd-Sized Join Up
Last week I suggested to spouse that we walk down to get the mail. For context, our driveway is a tenth of a mile, and it was about six in the evening. I’d already fed the horses and they’d gone down to the front of the pasture to graze for the night. But...
One Name To Rule Them All: Genre and Pen Names
For at least the last decade the marketing rule of thumb has been “if you write different genres, use different pen names”. Certainly, the truism has always been that if your audiences cannot or should not meet (for example erotic romance and young adult...
Finding Pack
https://kitauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Finding-Pack-Audio.mp3 The burn of the moonshine sliding down his throat failed to soothe Hiram. His senses were wound angrier than a disturbed wasp as distant thunder rumbled in the distance. The storm probably...
Writing Is Like Crafting A Recipe
I don’t watch as much Food Network as I used to, but I used to be really amazed by the chefs who knew just how much a tablespoon of salt or other seasoning was, or just tossed in ingredients without measuring. Of course, that’s how I cook now, but it took...
Daily Picture Roundup for the Week of February 18-24, 2024
Miss Skittes on Caturday wondering why I’m not paying attention to her. The most adorable note left on the box my rescue bearded dragon arrived in. A late afternoon moon above the bare trees. Jupiter (Roman Tufted Goose) periscoping between the chicken roosts...
Which Came First the Model or the Story?
I’ve probably been making up stories as long as I’ve been collecting model horses. After all, when you are “horse crazy”, but your family can’t afford a real horse, what do you do? You turn to model horses–also known as the gateway...
The Crows Know: The Crows Know
Funny how no one cared about the birds disappearing until it was the species they remembered. Where dark eyed juncos had flocked to feeders in the winter and robins heralded the return of spring every year, now it was a treat to see birds, even here in the Ozark...
Let’s Talk AI Horse Art
I’ve finally trained Facebook to show me what I want — horses. So it wasn’t any surprise when this picture came through a “suggested” group with the caption “look at the pretty horse”. I did. And then my brow furrowed and I...Subscribe to my Newsletter
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