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Vlog # 2 of #naturesounds, #FARMLIFE ! Enjoy the peace!

Part Two of the new series “An Appalachian Author” (farm life and rural landscapes, as well as ‘Where I Love to Write’) is posted for your enjoyment on Youtube. Relax and have a glass of iced tea (near the end!) with me!
****And Happy Homespun and Heavenly Birthday to my father, Syd Johnson, 1938-1985. (photo by my cousin, Bill Hawkins, circa 1971)***

Relax and be at Peace for 10 minutes, at least once a season, as I share the beauty and tranquility that is our rural farm life and my #writinglife, #disabledlife, in New Brunswick’s gorgeous, green Appalachians. Celebrate this week of Canada Day, and being grateful that we are IN Canada ! Enjoy!

Combining the old series, “Where I Love to Write” with this new “An Appalachian Author”, which will just be no talking/no music – only peaceful sounds and lovely (and sometimes cute!) scenes a...

It’s been a long winter for many of us, for many reasons, hasn’t it? But now that June’s here, we may be able to breathe a bit and partake of some of the smaller, simpler pleasures this old world has to offer.

I made a 40-second video for you to enjoy (with a few reminders about how you can help cancer research, as well as supporting my work as an author. With both my mother Joy and husband Richard – yes, we are “Rich with Joy and Jewels” here – having had the blessings of scien...

On this day, March 15, which is technically the Ides of March and on which -er – certain leaders have been told to ‘beware’ (Caesar was assassinated on this day, 44B.C.E.) many people – including those in the far north of Norway, Sweden and Finland whose rural-living vlogs I watch – have no snow and are welcoming crocusses. I’ve intentionally misspelled that because we, here at Blue Belldon Farm, are just ‘cussing’. We’ve still got lots of the white stuff. Or rather the dirty-white stuff. But, a...

In The Spotlight: J. Ivanel Johnson’s Just a Stale Mate

Meet J. Ivanel Johnson – An Author!

Our Cozy Crime Collective (great group on Facebook, do join us here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/cozycrimecollective !) likes to do regular blog posts every month. You met Jinny Alexander, an author living and writing in, and about, rural Ireland on this Bluebell Mountain Blog back in March (a special for St. Paddy’s day – go find out more on her fun 4-min. quadcast with me: https://bluebellmountainblog.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/four-fun-four-luck-o-the-irish/ or direct to her Youtube quadc...

Spring is ALMOST here (though it’s supposed to snow overnight again!)at Blue Belldon Farm in the Appalachians of New Brunswick, Canada. Did you get a chance to see me down at one of my favourite outdoor writing places? It’s our brook and ‘waterfall'(really only the latter during April!) You can check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kl5aUIU2Q1A&t=35s

My husband Richard (of Rick The Hick fame, if you’ve read this: https://dailydrunkmag.com/2020/12/12/...

So much fun! So entertaining! Great news! My next 4 minute ‘quad’cast is up with more great fun in it than ever – and just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, featuring Ireland-based author Jinny Alexander !! WIN a copy of her first-in-series, A Diet of Death! (See how in desc. of video). These episodes are all done for free, so please ‘subscribe’ and ‘like’ to show your support. We’d love to know you enjoyed it, and care about helping artists by just a tap of your finger!

FOUR MINUTES just for ...

Professor Plum, Rabbi Perelman, Stephanie Plum,  Monsieur Poirot
… AND the Plum Pudding?

A few weeks ago we had some fun at the Cozy Crime Collective (a Facebook group I highly recommend you join, if you aren’t already a member!) with anagrams, starting with the classic Red Rum/Murder one. Now, here are some common mystery terms and their origins explained, with some seasonal (Hannukhah too!) tidbits of trivia.

Clew

A ‘clew’ in Chaucer’s day was a ball of yarn. Prior to that (very muc...