The Lone Prairie Blog

Probably Scaber Stalks or Rough-Stemmed Boletes mushroom, found near the International Peace Gardens in North Dakota. Image © Julie R. Neidlinger There are only two glorious moments that I remember back on my old Twitter account: getting a like from British actor John Nettles , when I said that I only watch Midsomer Murders  episodes that he was in, and when Kenny Rogers liked a tweet that said the lyrics to his song “The Gambler” had all the life advice you needed. Kenny Rog

A couple of things have mucked up my regular weekly blogging schedule. First, squirrel wars. May God strike the neighbor’s black walnut tree with lightning so that it ceases to exist, preferably when all the neighborhood squirrels are in it. I can’t say much more; it’s been severe battle conditions to save my plants, pumpkins, potted bulbs, and sanity. But I’m serious about this occupying way too much of my time. Secondly, and more importantly, picking up the mic.

My family at Trail Ride in the early 1980s. I'm way in the back. The next book is The Bible Camp Mystery. It's taken me longer than I'd...

Image © Julie R. Neidlinger. All rights reserved. I didn’t know what to say about these past twelve days. I made a few feeble attempts. 1 I literally wrote something each day and deleted it. Each day felt like a year’s worth of change. 2 Hot takes are all you can get on that kind of timeline, and they rarely age well.

Autmer, the fuzzy line between summer and autumn. Image © Julie R. Neidlinger

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