Crafts and Life

Inspired by her German heritage, Holly's grandmother has arranged for Wagtail to have a Christkindl Market packed with goodies and decorations for the howliday tourists. But Holly's mood takes an unseasonable turn when she learns that her old flame and childhood friend Holmes Richardson has brought his fiancee home–and she'll…

After talking her way into a job writing for Portland's Northwest Extreme magazine, Meg Reed may now really be in over her head. Actually, about 8,000 feet over her head. . . She's at Mount Hood's remote Silcox Hut, covering the the seriously hardcore Ridge Rangers— Oregon's elite high-altitude rescue…

At the annual Victorian Home and Garden Tour, Lighthouse Cove, California’s premier contractor, Shannon Hammer, realizes that the competition is about to turn deadly….   Shannon is in high demand among rival homeowners, who will do anything to win Best in Show. One-upmanship and even espionage break out among neighbors,…

Brooklyn’s friend Ian runs the Covington Library, which is hosting an exhibit featuring John James Audubon’s massive masterpiece, Birds of America, currently on loan from an Arab sheik. During the gala celebrating the book, she is approached by Jared Mulrooney, the president of the National Birdwatchers Society, who urgently needs…

When book-restoration expert Brooklyn Wainwright temporarily relocates to her parents’ place in Northern California, she finds that wooden barrels aren’t the only things buried in the wine caves of Sonoma….   Excited to explore the secrets of wine country, Brooklyn attends an excavation of the caves hidden deep under her…

Butter 170 g (170 g) Cheese 310 g (155 g) Cooking fat 100 g (100 g) Milk 2 litres (2000 ml) (not tracking this as I use 250 mls a day for my Yokebe which is making sure I get sufficient calories and plenty of calcium!) Sugar 225 g (225 g) Preserves 450 g (450 g)…

Wagtail, Virginia, the top pet-friendly getaway in the United States, is gearing up for a howling good Halloween—until a spooky murder shakes the town to its core . . . Holly Miller doesn’t believe in spirits, but the Sugar Maple Inn is filled with guests who do. The TV series…

Butter 170 g (170 g) Cheese 310 g (255 g) Cooking fat 100 g (100 g) Milk 2 litres (2000 ml) (not tracking this as I use 250 mls a day for my Yokebe which is making sure I get sufficient calories and plenty of calcium!) Sugar 225 g (225 g) Preserves 450 g (450 g)…

Butter 170 g (170 g) Cheese 310 g (255 g) Cooking fat 100 g (100 g) Milk 2 litres (2000 ml) (not tracking this as I use 250 mls a day for my Yokebe which is making sure I get sufficient calories and plenty of calcium!) Sugar 225 g (225 g) Preserves 450 g (450 g)…