Colorado Treasure is now available for your reading pleasure! What treasure is worth dying for? Victoria Silverthorne needs answers. Nightmares of her parents’ deaths fifteen years earlier haunt Victoria’s dreams. During her search for clues, she discovers she has a paternal aunt and uncle in Denver who may be able to shed light on the mystery of her parents. Against the wishes of many, she travels from the safety of her life on the Texas Panhandle to Denver, and then on to the booming mining town of Silverton, Colorado, to find answers. Antonio “Tony” Morales fears for Victoria’s safety. Travel…
APRIL ADAMSON HOLTHAUS FINDS A “TREASURE”
APRIL ADAMSON HOLTHAUS: AN EVERYDAY PERSON WHO DISCOVERED A TREASURE A treasure more valuable than money … Remember the expressions, “Can’t see the trees for the forest?” What about “Familiarity breeds contempt?” When I search for topics interesting enough to encourage folks to read through a blog post, I sometimes forget the most fascinating subjects and people live “next door,” and though they are familiar to me, they are never contemptible. I first met my blog guest, April Adamson Holthaus, a couple of years ago when I spoke to the Wolf Creek Christian Writers Network group in Pagosa Springs, Colorado. When I heard how…
DR. RON HANSON: “Pain, pain, go away …”
DR. RON HANSON: “Pain, pain, go away, don’t return another day.” PAIN RELIEF AND HEALING x 2 Q: What happens when highly skilled orthopedic doctor Ron Hanson and spinal biometrics expert Dr. Dennis Woggon team up? A: Pain relief and tissue regeneration without damaging steroids, toxic drugs, or invasive surgery are what happens! This past week, my husband, Dwight, and I returned to Dr. Hanson’s Orthocure Clinic in Minnesota. His regenerative treatments help us combat life’s on-going assault on our bodies. Dr. Hanson always touches up previous problematic areas when needed, but this time, we brought him new injuries–a tear in…
Following Destiny: Q & A with Lexie Logan
FOLLOWING DESTINY: Lexie Logan Returns to the Twenty-First Century Q & A with Lexie Logan LEXIE LOGAN is the main character in both Book One, Dodging Destiny and Book Three, Following Destiny. Though not physically present in the second book, In Search of Destiny, her influence on the lives of people she left in the nineteenth century keeps her personality alive throughout the story. As I created Lexie’s character, I wondered what made her tick. How was she like me? How was she different? What strengths and weaknesses made her believable? In what ways did she influence the people around her,…
Tying the Past to the Present: A Different Lens
Tying the Past to the Present: Looking Through the Lens of History to Learn Lessons for Today This is the theme of my website–its raison d’être. When the site first went up, I said the “Past, recent, and present history is included in this website’s definition of HIStory. The purpose is to inform, encourage, and entertain.” Though I am interested in historical information garnered while researching for my novels, I’m more interested to learn how lessons from the past, recent or distant, can be applied to my life today. What can I learn from people who lived centuries before me? Did they struggle with…