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The Vogts Sisters' Fall Performance Schedule

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Book Preview ~ The Memory Weaver

The Memory Weaver, by Jane Kirkpatrick

Eliza Spalding Warren was just a child when she was taken hostage by the Cayuse Indians during a massacre in 1847. Now the young mother of two children, Eliza faces a different kind of dislocation; her impulsive husband wants them to make a new start in another territory, which will mean leaving her beloved home and her departed mother's grave--and returning to the land of her captivity. Eliza longs to know how her mother, an early missionary to the Nez Perce Indians, dealt with the challenges of life with a sometimes difficult husband and with her daughter's captivity.

When Eliza is finally given her mother's diary, she is stunned to find that her own memories are not necessarily the whole story of what happened. Can she lay the dark past to rest and move on? Or will her childhood memories always hold her hostage?Based on true events, The Memory Weaver is New York Times bestselling author Jane Kirkpatrick's latest literary journey into the past, where threads of western landscapes, family, and faith weave a tapestry of hope inside every pioneering woman's heart. Readers will find themselves swept up in this emotional story of the memories that entangle us and the healing that awaits us when we bravely unravel the threads of the past. Buy the book HERE.  Jane Kirkpatrick is the New York Times and CBA bestselling author of more than twenty-five books, including A Light in the Wilderness and A Sweetness to the Soul, which won the coveted Wrangler Award from the Western Heritage Center. Her works have been finalists for the Christy Award, Spur Award, Oregon Book Award, and Reader's Choice awards, and have won the WILLA Literary Award and Carol Award for Historical Fiction. Many of her titles have been Book of the Month and Literary Guild selections. You can also read her work in more than fifty publications, including Decision, Private Pilot, and Daily Guideposts. Jane lives in Central Oregon with her husband, Jerry. Learn more at www.jkbooks.com

This Week's Recipes

Here are this week's new additions at Country at Heart Recipes. This weekend, the Vogts Sisters perform at Pioneer Bluffs in Matfield Green, KS. See the day's schedule HERE. 
Peanut Butter Treats
Roasted Chickpeas
Apple Recipes

Birthday Celebrations

This past weekend, our family celebrated three birthdays.

One of them my Milestone 50th Birthday.
The other two were my dear sweet daughter's (who turned 29) and my grandma's (who turned 94).I'm looking forward to this second half century of my life.Enjoy the moments . . . 

Book Preview ~ Like a Flower in Bloom

Like a Flower in Bloom, by Siri Mitchell

For years Charlotte Withersby has worked as an assistant to her father, an eminent English botanist. As she approaches the old age of twenty-four, her father pushes her out into society, swayed by an uncle who believes God's only two roles for women are marriage and motherhood. When one of the Withersbys' colonial correspondents, Edward Trimble, returns to England, he's drafted as the new assistant so Charlotte is free to marry. This suits Edward's plans quite well, since the last thing he wants to do is reunite with the family he is ashamed to call his own.

Though Edward proves himself vexingly capable on the job, Charlotte won't surrender the job without a fight, and schemes with her best friend to regain her position. Perhaps if a proposal seems imminent, Charlotte's father will see his error and ask her to return. Charlotte tries to make headway in her town's social life, but reveals herself to be unaware of all the intricacies of polite society. Though Edward pitches in, tutoring her in society's expectations, she just seems to make things worse. And the more she comes to know of her father's assistant, the more trouble she has imagining life without him. Caught in a trap of her own making and seeing the hopelessness of her prospects, will Charlotte get to keep her work or will she have to cede her heart? Buy the book HERE. 
Siri Mitchell has written nearly a dozen novels, three of which were named Christy Award finalists. A graduate of the University of Washington with a business degree, she has worked in many levels of government and lived on three continents. She and her family currently reside in the D.C. metro area. Learn more at www.sirimitchell.com.

This Week's Recipes

Here are this week's new additions at Country at Heart Recipes. The Vogts Sisters perform at Tecumseh Heritage Days this Saturday. See their schedule HERE. 
Orange Cinnamon Rolls
Angel Food Cake (In Celebration of my 50th Birthday today!)

Lena Nelson-Dooley shares her recipe for Blender Pecan Pie.

Turning 50

Yep, this is the year that I turn 50 (Friday, September 25)It's a sobering thought to face the reality that you've lived half a century. But it's liberating, too! I've earned every one of my gray hairs--and I'm thinking this might be the time to let every one of them show! (Maybe...)
I love being a wife, mom, and GRANDMA
Hopefully, I'll be wiser at 50 than I was at 20 
30 
Or even 40
Here's to life, love, peace, and happiness--and God-willing, many more years ahead. Celebrate with me--Eat a piece of cake--and a piece of chocolate!

Book Preview ~ Finding Me

Finding Me, by Kathryn Cushman

What would you do if you learned your life was a lie? All her life, Kelli Huddleston has been told the story of a fire--a fire that killed her mother and two siblings when she was an infant. After her father's death though, she uncovers evidence of a different story, including clippings about a boat accident that killed a young father and his infant daughter. And Kelli quietly realizes the story of her life has been a fiction. 

How far would you go to discover the truth?
Armed with only a few pictures of what she thinks might be her family, Kelli crosses the country to Tennessee, determined to uncover the truth about what happened over twenty years ago in a small southern town. When the trip threatens to open doors to the past better left shut, and her plans for the future are jeopardized, Kelli is faced with an agonizing choice that will change her life forever. Buy the book HERE. 


Kathryn Cushman is a graduate of Samford University with a degree in pharmacy. She is the acclaimed author of over a half-dozen novels, including  Leaving Yesterday and A Promise to Remember, which were both finalists for the Carol Award in Women's Fiction. Kathryn and her family make their home in Santa Barbara, California. Learn more about Kathryn and her books HERE. 

This Week's Recipes

Here are this week's new additions at Country at Heart Recipes. This week we travel to the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield. See the Vogts Sisters schedule HERE.
Poached Eggs with Asparagus
Sourdough Cinnamon Rolls
Cynthia Hickey shares her recipe for Johnny Marzetti 

Book Preview ~ A Most Inconvenient Marriage

A Most Inconvenient Marriage, by Regina Jennings

Having fled a difficult home life, Civil War nurse Abigail Stuart feels like her only friend in the world is sweet but gravely wounded patient Jeremiah Calhoun. Fearing he won't survive, the Confederate soldier's last wish is that Abigail look after his sickly sister at home. Marry him, return to his horse farm, and it'll be hers.

Left with few choices, Abigail takes him up on his offer and moves to Missouri after his death, but just as the family learns to accept her, the real Jeremiah Calhoun appears puzzled to find a confounding woman posing as his wife. Jeremiah is determined to have his life back to how it was before the war, but his own wounds limit what he can do on his own. Still not fully convinced Abigail isn't duping him, he's left with no choice but to let the woman stay and help--not admitting to himself she may provide the healing his entire family needs. Purchase the book HERE. 
Regina Jennings is a graduate of Oklahoma Baptist University with a degree in English and a history minor. In addition to her own books, she contributed a novella to the novella collection A Match Made in Texas. Regina has worked at The Mustang News and First Baptist Church of Mustang, along with time at the Oklahoma National Stockyards and various livestock shows. She now lives outside Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, with her husband and four children and can be found online at www.reginajennings.com.