Comments on: Blog Tour: Snow Melts in Spring

By: Mary

Mary — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:21:31 +0000

Thank you for the recommendation, Virginia, it does sound good, and probably would be fun to read as my dad also grew up in the 1930’s in that area of KS! Thanks so much for the link and telling us about it!

By: Virginia Allain

Virginia Allain — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:41:52 +0000

With your Flint Hills background, you’ll surely enjoy my mother’s book, My Flint Hills Childhood: Growing Up in 1930s Kansas.
You can read an excerpt from it at http://www.gailmartin.wordpress.com. Actually it may be a good read aloud for the children to introduce the Great Depression and how Kansans lived then.

By: Deborah Vogts

Deborah Vogts — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:49:50 +0000

Hi Kathy (and Mary!) Thanks so much for sharing that with us. It’s always a joy to find others out there who appreciate and love country life. We just finished our county fair, and there is just nothing like a county fair. You’re dead-tired when it’s over but it’s a wonderful experience you never forget–even when you’re 40 some years old. God’s blessings to both of you!

By: Mary

Mary — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 03:47:39 +0000

Wow, Deborah, it doesn’t get much better than Kathy’s comment above! :O)

By: Kathy Gehrke

Kathy Gehrke — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 07:12:07 +0000

Deborah–

Have been having a hard time getting to bed tonight because I can’t stop reading EVERYTHING in your blog, on your website, viewing your book trailer, etc. I feel like we are kindred spirits because I started out in the English program at the University of Cincinnati and ended up getting a writer’s certificate to complement my psychology degree. My husband moved me away from the big cities I had grown up in (Denver, Omaha and Minneapolis) and down to Manhattan, Kansas where he became the head of the chemical engineering department at K-State. His mother grew up in Linn and his father in Salina. We currently live in Lawrence where my husband teaches at KU and I am a stay-at-home mom who is just starting to sell Mary Kay (while I also serve as the Sonshine Editor for the Kansas LWML).

My 11-year-old daughter hopes to one day go to K-State (her Dad’s Alma Mater) and become a veterinarian. She loves horses and is taking lessons from a former Texan named Buck (how appropriate!!) He goes to our church in Topeka (St. John’s Lutheran near Topeka High and the downtown area). Her best friend is the pastor’s youngest daughter. Like you, our pastor and his wife (one of my best friends!) have only daughters (four!)

I simply can’t wait to get my hands on a copy of your book and am sure I will love it! We always enjoyed our hikes through Konza Prairie when we lived in Manhattan and I was in absolute heaven when I suddenly landed in “small-town” Manhattan (I have since learned it is actually a small CITY) with my 1 and 3-year olds and got to go everywhere with the local Mom’s Club or off adventuring alone with my kids. I just relished the country, it’s open space, it’s peacefulness and beauty and the siimplicity, friendliness and isolation the Flint Hills provided. I will NEVER live in a big city again and my kids don’t plan to either.

Keep up your writing. I so admire you and am inspired by you. Will keep my eyes open for all the books in your series and share them with all the women in my life. Best wishes and God’s guidance.

By: Mary

Mary — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 01:13:26 +0000

You’re so welcome, Deborah! I’m looking forward to your next two in this series!

By: Deborah Vogts

Deborah Vogts — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:54:26 +0000

Hi Mary, Thank you so much for such a lovely review. To have your praise and recommendation means the world to me! Blessings to you and to your family!!! Cherish the Flint Hills, girl.