Obviously,  you do not have to be an expert to write an article about anything!  I feel fairly confident writing a quilting/cooking/gardening blog.  I don’t give advice much.  OK . . if you’re laughing . . please stop and keep reading!  Vince says I never stop giving advice (although those may not be the exact words he uses).  I mostly talk about what I do and how I do it.  I learned a long time ago that there are many ways to do most things and my favorite way may not be your favorite way and my favorite way may not be my favorite way tomorrow so I really try not to give the impression that I am an expert, because quite frankly . . I muddle along through almost everything I do whether it’s cooking or gardening or quilting, and hope for the best.

The article I wrote for Capper’s Farmer had to do with old sewing machines — the 301 and Featherweight variety.  It wasn’t an “I know so much about these machines” article but it was more of a “I love these machines so much” article.  Even though it’s a “farmer” type magazine, or so the title says, my article isn’t about farming.  But, they haven’t seen my crop of carrots!   This is truly a magazine that most everyone who reads my blog would love.  Farmers’ wives would probably like it more than the farmer himself.

Capper’s Farmer

But here’s the real kicker . . I’ve been asked to submit an article to a hunting magazine!  I don’t think they want me to write about sewing or sewing machines.  They’re wanting something more along the lines of funny — city folks moving to the country and well . . doing what we do out here and enjoying every minute of it.

Vince and I have giggled and laughed and we’ve planned and schemed and written and deleted and like everything else we do, we’re having a lot of fun with it.

We were talking about it last night and I told Vince . . when I tell my blog readers that I’ve written an article and it’s in a certain issue of a certain hunting magazine, some are going to want to get it and read it and can you see the husband when he comes home and the wife is reading a hunting magazine!

There’s no guarantee my article will get published so don’t anyone start hanging out at the hunting section of Books-A-Million.  I’ll let you know when I hear if and when my article will be included in the publication.

But . . don’t you think that’s the funniest thing?  Vince thinks my next article should be “How NOT to Buy Yarn From The Loopy Ewe!”  We’re not laughing or giggling or even discussing that subject!