Congratulations to all the entrants for their creativity and hard work. A fun (frozen) day, so happy I could share it with my sister.
FROM THE HEART WITH GINI RIFKIN Stories to quicken your pulse and take your breath away.
Sunday, December 15, 2019
Berthoud Colorado Ice sculptures 2019
Amidst FREEZING temperatures, the annual carving of the ICE took place in Berthoud. Here are the wonderful entries and the larger than life statues in adjacent Fickel Park.
The details are hard to see on some of these intricate works of art. Apologies to any I missed, my poor camera got so cold, at one point it quit working.
Friday, December 6, 2019
Release day for Trapper's Moon
Inspired by the many years my husband
and I enjoyed mountain man reenacting. Those were shinin' times!
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Blurb:
As a free trapper, mountain man Kade McCauley is wary of the Hudson Bay Company. Their form of vengeance against those who are not part of the company can be deadly. When he and his partner are attacked, he fights back, only to discover one of his shots struck an innocent. A woman who touches his 
But nothing in life is carved in stone except the mountains, and those formidable peaks have been known to change the course of a man's life--or a woman's.
Remaining at her back, and seeming to understand,
he rested his hands upon her shoulders.
“I’m not giving up on us, Blind Deer. I can wait.”
When she turned her head to glance back at him, he kissed her cheek, and then reaching for one of her hands, he drew her closer to the window. “The moon is so big tonight it reminds me of a Trapper’s Moon.”
Blind Deer squinted up at the sky, and although she would never know the patterns formed by the twinkling bits of light, her shortcoming did not stifle her curiosity for the world around her.
“What exactly is a Trapper’s Moon?” She was glad
they pursued a subject other than the history of her love life, or lack thereof. And she enjoyed hearing about anything to do with Saka’am, the moon.
“It comes in February, and it’s a formidable sight—big and bright, like a golden plum, ripe for the
picking. A body feels he might reach out and touch it if he could but climb a bit higher up into the heavens. So bright does it shine, if the rivers are thawed, a trapper can walk his lines all night long using the light it gives off to show him the way.”
Blind Deer watched Kade’s face as he spoke. His strong profile and earnest expression revealed his great love for the land and the wilderness. A handsome and noble face, one she fancied she would have been content to grow old beside.
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Sunday, November 24, 2019
Free Holiday Cook Book 2019
A tasty present from the creative authors
at the Wild Rose Press
Here is my pumpkin soup recipe.
Perfect for a cold winter's day or night.
Cousin Jeanne’s Pumpkin Soup
Ingredients:
2 1/4 cups pumpkin (okay to use entire can)
1 cup coconut milk (okay to use entire can)
1-2 tablespoons maple syrup. Start with 1.
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp smoke paprika
2 cups veggie stock (may not need all)
2 shallots (3 if small)
4 cloves garlic
1/2 red bell pepper
Directions:
Brown shallots and garlic in olive oil for 2-3 minutes.
Add rest of ingredients & bring to simmer.
Blend in regular blender or with immersion
blender.
Return to stove and cook 5-10 minutes.
Great with focaccia bread, toasted cheese sandwiches.
Be creative. Top with dollop of sour cream,
toasted
pumpkin seeds, lime zest, picante sauce.
Add your own twist: ginger, curry, etc.
I'm betting Kade and Blind Deer wish
they had this to eat
as they traveled the untamed frontier
on the way to rendezvous.
My new adventurous romance is available at Amazon, ITunes, Nook, and Kobo
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Blurb:
As a free trapper, mountain man Kade McCauley is wary of the Hudson Bay Company. Their form of vengeance against those who are not part of the company can be deadly. When he and his partner are attacked, he fights back, only to discover one of his shots struck an innocent. A woman who touches his soul, and he will do anything to keep her safe.
While searching for her Native American tribe, Blind Deer crosses paths with Kade—with near fatal results. Once she is patched up, she decides it is safer to travel with him than alone Their uneasy alliance turns to genuine caring, but Blind Deer's past gets in the way, and she must choose between love or old obligations.
But nothing in life is carved in stone except the mountains, and those formidable peaks have been known to change the course of a man's life or a woman's.
Friday, November 8, 2019
99 CENT SALE Cowboys, Cattle, and Cutthroats.
An Adventurous Romance
to warm up your Holidays.
Beverley Award Finalist
Colorado Romance Writers
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Both seek
retribution,
neither is looking for love.
Ochessa is heartbroken when she finds her brother
fatally wounded. His
dying words are about a childhood puzzle box, missing legal documents, and a
drifter named Nicodemus Breedlove. Ochessa vows to find Will’s murderer—and the
man Will described.
No stranger to trouble, Nic's only concerns are his
Stetson, his mule
Sadie, and a long awaited chance at retribution. After gaining Ochessa’s trust,
and taking the job she offers, life gets more complicated.
Back on the ranch in Colorado, Ochessa works as hard as any man. Then
Nick tempts her into playing even harder as a woman—both are overwhelmed by
their growing love for one another.
Weathering a stampede, a gully washer, and a pack of outlaws, they
locate the killer. As Nic’s quest for justice, and Ochessa’s vendetta for Will
play out, bullets fly...
Not everybody’s
gonna make it out alive.
Excerpt:
“I’ve come for the job,” Nic said.
Ochessa hesitated only a moment. “I don’t need any more ranch hands.”
“Not a job, the job.” Nic retrieved the bounty poster from
inside his shirt, leaned forward, and held it up in front of her face.
Of course. Naturally he would be offering a gun for hire, not a strong
back for bending.
Re-folding the paper, he tucked it away in his back
pocket. Several
similar fliers were poking out of his saddlebag. He must have collected all the
ones she tacked up in town.
“It doesn’t say anything about expenses,” he continued.
“That’s because I don’t intend to pay any.”
“That should narrow down the applicants considerably.” His gaze settled
on her lips. “Or are you planning to offer incentive of a more personal
nature?”
“Listen, Breedlove. Don’t get your hopes up—or
anything else. Whoever I hire can live and eat at the ranch for free. And they
can stay at Will’s cabin if the search takes them back to Kansas.”
He seemed disappointed. She didn’t care, or at least she shouldn’t care.
What this man thought held no consequence for her. Being a drifter, he would
most likely ride out of her life as quickly and unexpectedly as he’d galloped
into it.
“Well…” Nic urged the mule one step closer.
“Well, what?”
“Do I get the job or not?”
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Monday, October 28, 2019
Trapper's Moon Cover Reveal. Thank you Wild Rose Press
Join the adventure:
Follow Kade McCauley,
a frontiersman looking toward the future.
And Blind Deer, a determined woman
seeking to recapture her past.
As a free trapper, mountain man Kade McCauley is wary of the Hudson Bay Company.
When he and his partner are attacked, he fights back, only to discover one of his shots struck an innocent. A woman who touches his soul, and he will do anything to keep her safe.
While searching for her Native American tribe, Blind Deer crosses paths with Kade—with near fatal results. Once she is patched up, she decides it is safer to travel with him than alone.
Their uneasy alliance turns to genuine caring, but
But nothing in life is carved in stone except the mountains, and those formidable peaks have been known to change the course of a man's life—or a woman's.
Trapper's Moon: Available soon at
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Friday, October 25, 2019
Candy Corn, tis the season.
Wunderlee was reportedly the first to produce the
Back then, the cooking process was done by hand: a sugar and corn syrup-based mixture was cooked a semi-liquid mixture in a large kettle, dumped into buckets called runners, and men dubbed stringers walked backwards, pouring the hot concoction into a tray of molds in the shape of corn kernels.
Of course, you probably know people who can barely bring themselves to eat candy corn on Halloween because it’s too sweet, and doesn’t have enough flavor. But in a world where there are candy corn-flavored bagels, M&Ms, coffee latte, vodka martinis, cake,
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