Puppy Love

About the Book

In the foothills between rivers and roads like Possum Holler and Howdy Lane are fields dotted with farm pastures and houses and barns of diligent labors scratching out an income. What could a young preteen girl possibly want when she is surrounded by the love of family and friends and nature’s bountiful beauty on a 200 acres farm in the Midwest? Pati’s discussion’s with her father seems useless and leaves her frustrated and discouraged. To her it seems an impossible dream to own a riding horse which would take her into unknown territory. He suggests she learn to appreciate her life and think of others instead of herself. Challenged by her options, she and her best friend discover enticing information in a cedar chest in the haunted attic trunk and are challenged by their discover.

About the Author

Farmers have good days, better days and sometimes bad days, but their love of the land and harvest keeps them cemented to their families because they work together. The basic underlying principle is one of reality. I am fortunate to experience all of this through the eyes of my parents and siblings as one of four children. My education includes: B. A. Religious Education, an M.A. Literature background and a M.A. From the University of Cincinnati, Ohio majoring in Law Related Education which included teaching for fifteen years in elementary and twelve as a substitute for K-12. Also, I have taught in Summer Schools, Youth Camps, Daily Vacation Bible Schools and served as a Cub Scout Leader and a field editor for Taste of Home Magazine and have written material in humor, self-help, nature, nonfiction and poetry in 200+ magazines and newspapers. A former student of mine in fourth grade chose this project for 4H. As she continued the project, she had since adopted fifteen plus dogs that would be matched as a donor and returned to the Guide Dog Company to serve as a forerunner for the less fortunate. Her duty was to socialize them in the activity in adjusting to the obstacles of life for a year and then resume the adopting another one in succession. After ten years they may be retired to the original person that donated their time to the student’s family in the beginning and that often included a family farm.