I’m such a fan of this salad. It’s so pretty in a glass bowl and can be made ahead for company if you double or triple the recipe. We’ve enjoyed it for Easter and it’s become a summer staple when vegetables are at their peak. Feel free to be creative and add or subtract ingredients like cauliflower, broccoli, carrots, sweet …

If you’re new to my site, I’m cooking up something brand new in 2017 ~ my  newsletter! Since I’m always searching for fresh ways to connect with readers, this seems like a fun way to do it… To sign up, please go to the little letter icon on the home page and simply enter your email address or follow this link here. Newsletter …

It’s hard to believe that we’re saying HAPPY NEW YEAR & MOONBOW in the same breath. After 7 summer/fall releases, having a book come out in winter is kind of cozy. Today I’m sitting by the fire at the cabin & all is quiet after a very merry release party in Berea, Kentucky for A MOONBOW Night this past weekend …

❄☃️🎄THE WINNER OF THE CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAY IS LINDA FROM PENNSYLVANIA! Thanks to all who entered! Celebrating not one but two historical fiction releases on January 3, 2017! The Mark of a King by Jocelyn Green! Sweeping Historical Fiction Set at the Edge of the Continent After being imprisoned and branded for the death of her client, twenty-five-year-old midwife Julianne Chevalier trades …

It’s been a dream of mine to hold an open house at our Kentucky cabin. Trouble is, it’s so tiny that guests would have to come in small batches. Not only that, only the most intrepid make it up our very steep driveway.  I could write a book on all the escapades of  poor folks trying to reach the top …

Happy December 1st! We’re excited to spend our first log cabin Christmas here in Kentucky. God is so gracious! Never would I have thought it possible to live and work on the same road my great-grandparents began farming in the 19th-century, a small mountain between us. I drive by their old home place every day when they used horse and …

Thanks to all who made the Fall Scavenger Hunt a roaring success! I wish I had a Kentucky-made Christmas ornament to send to everyone who left a comment. The winner is… Mary Jill! If you can share your snail mail address with me at lauran@tfon.com, I’ll get that ornament out to you! Thank you!

If you’ve just discovered the hunt, be sure to start at Stop #1, and collect the clues through all 31 stops, in order, so you can enter to win one of our top 3 grand prizes! The hunt BEGINS with Stop #1 at Lisa Bergren’s site. Hunt through our loop using Chrome or Firefox as your browser (not Explorer). There …

Dear Reading Friends, I had hoped to post a fall newsletter but alas, here it is mid-October and the leaves are changing rapidly and time has gotten away from me. In the meantime, the countdown for A Moonbow Night has begun and my publisher has created some lovely images for me to share. Here’s the first. What I would give …