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Originally posted on Garden Plots . . .:
THIRST High-spirited hummingbird thirsty and parched searches unceasing for moisture so scarce  flies to the fountain for droplets of froth soars through the sprinkler for a sip on the fly inspects a curled leaf to…

WHAT I LEARNED FROM A WINDMILL; Face the wind; Bring up the deep water; Look around; Be reliable; Be an oasis; Do what you do best; Don’t lose your head; Bring up the water from under your tower; Adapt; Accept … Continue reading →

    Golden rays of afternoon sunshine illuminate the porch of the Homestead House,  another highlight of the Shattuck Windmill Museum & Park in Oklahoma.     Originally the home of David Steinert’s family starting in 1901, this historic pioneer home was … Continue reading →

Who says romance is dead? Today we celebrated our thirty-third wedding anniversary in Shattuck, Oklahoma, at the windmill museum and park.     Shattuck? Romantic? Maybe not, but it so happens that our anniversary nearly always falls during the annual volunteer … Continue reading →

Shattuck Oklahoma is home to one of the few windmill museums & parks in the U.S.A. Celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2014, the all volunteer work week crew gathers annually to service and restore the antique water pumping windmills. Vernon … Continue reading →

Thonie Hevron Author By Thonie Hevron A cold call. In marketing it means calling/contacting someone without an introduction to sell them something. I don’t have a sales or marketing history. I have always believed that I could not approach someone … Continue reading →

Originally posted on Kristen Lamb's Blog:
For many writers (me included), we don’t start off with the confidence to yell to the world, “I’m going to be a professional author!” Heck, I wrote a 178,000 word “novel” and still…

Originally posted on SM4 Writers:
If you’re one of those people who knows everything already, you can leave now. You won’t need any advice from someone who worked his way up from sleeping on the back seat of his car to…