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Amish Women and their Industries ~ excerpt and giveaway
As the Christmas season approaches, many of us are brainstorming on what to do about gifts for family and friends. Today, I’d like to share with you again about a store that belongs to my Amish friend:...
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Cooking with a toddler, Soft Pretzel Recipe, and a Giveaway
Hello, readers! This is Erin, Cindy’s daughter-in-law. Since she doesn’t have a staff, I try to help her when I can with behind-the-scenes stuff such as addressing problems readers might have with the...
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7 Tips for Celebrating Christmas Like the Amish
Update: This giveaway is over. The winner is Fraulein Adkins. Congratulations, Fraulein, you have won a framed print of an Amish painting from Rachel’s Country Store! It’s December and reminders of...
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Special Christmas Giveaway!
I hope you are staying warm and safe during this very cold December! For this week’s blog giveaway, I’m going to draw TWO winners, each will receive a three-book set of my hardback Christmas novellas!...
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Kitchen Tables, Recipe, and Four-book Giveaway!
Kitchen Tables ~ Almost all of us have some type of kitchen table. I picked out my first kitchen table over thirty-five years ago. As a young married woman with no children, I thought the style and...
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Kitchen Tables Part 2 and Four-book Giveaway!
Last week I shared about kitchen tables I’ve had since I was a young married woman. I gave away a set of all four books in the Amish Vines and Orchards series. The winner of that giveaway was Robin of...
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Amish and Bible Study, and a Giveaway
A question I’m often asked is whether the Old Order Amish are allowed to have private Bible study or group devotionals outside of church. The Amish community is quite diverse throughout the states...
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Banana Friendship Bread
Today’s post is by Melissa K. Norris, author of Pioneering Today: Faith and Home the Old-Fashioned Way. Melissa is sharing her favorite banana bread recipe with us today. I love banana bread! After her...
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Seasons of Tomorrow Release Day Contest!
I’m so excited to announce that the last book in my Amish Vines and Orchards series, Seasons of Tomorrow is out! It is available TODAY in stores and online! Thank you so much to all my readers who...
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Special Christmas Giveaway!
Update: This giveaway is over. The winners are Gail and Laurie. Congratulations, you have each won a set of Christmas in Apple Ridge hardcover novellas! I hope you are staying warm and safe during this...
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Party, Sharing, and Win an Amish-made Wall Hanging . . .
Join me TUESDAY for a Facebook party to celebrate the release of A LOVE UNDONE! I’ll chat with you live on video, and you’ll be able to ask me questions in real-time as well as talk with other readers...
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Hope Crossing Giveaway
One sunny spring day, my husband and I were welcomed into the home of an Old Order Amish woman. Her old brick farmhouse was filled with her people, except for my husband and me. They talked among...
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Amish Words, Pronunciation, and a Giveaway
When I’m writing a novel, one of my goals is to put enough Pennsylvania Dutch into the books that readers get the feel of the language as well as a sense of being inside the Amish world. A few readers...
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FIVE Book Giveaway for 21 Days of Grace!
Congratulations to our FIVE winners! Thank you to everyone who participated and left wonderful and encouraging comments! You’re the best! Our grand-prize winner is Mary Gail, and she’ll receive five...
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Ties That Bind and Amish Wall Hanging Giveaway!
Each new season brings joy and often respite, but it seems by the end of it, we’re ready for the next season. Will Ariana be ready for the next season that will face her? Ariana’s comfortable Old...
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Amish Christmas at North Star Giveaway!
Hello, Reader Friends ~ I’m so excited to share with you about a latest release–Amish Christmas at North Star. It’s my first fiction compilation book and it’s now out! It was an honor to write on this...
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A Late Start to a New Beginning
A month ago, we entered a new year. The wonderful thing about beginning a new year is that we put certain events of the past year in a file inside our minds and hearts—whether the events were...
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Penguin Random House Book Fair!
What: Penguin Random House Book Fair! Where: Carroll Community College (Westminster, Maryland) When: Friday, March 4, and Saturday, March 5, 2016 There will be a lot of great stuff happening for...
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Little Cooks in the Kitchen ~ Recipe and Christmas Novella Giveaway
*Winners of the giveaway are Louise start of e-mail address is edl…) and Juanita (start of e-mail address is ser…). Ladies, you should’ve received an e-mail from me already. I look forward to hearing...
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Three Places I’d Like to Be ~ Annual Quilt Giveaway
Update: We have a winner of an autographed copy of “The Angel of Forest Hill” and of the Amish-made quilt. Congrats to Donna K of North Carolina! And to all of you . . . thank you so much for...
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