2025-03-19
Well, I see I am WAY behind in sharing anything on this little blog of mine!
We were pretty much zeroed in last year on getting my husband taken care of with treatments following his major surgery on December 22, 2023 to remove aggressive cancerous tumors both inside and outside his left ear. We were overwhelmed by the many people who were concerned, who cared, and who prayed for us throughout the journey. His immunotherapy infusion treatments are ongoing once every 6 weeks, and barring any changes, we expect that to continue for another year at the very least. I am grateful to report that it seems the treatments and prayers have been effective to stop the cancer in its tracks! We're praising Father God in Heaven for this! 🙏 💕
In other news: With our eldest daughter Jenelle's novel series in full swing over the past several years, and her fourth book of that series set to be released sometime this year, I need to get a move on with my reporting!
Jenelle Leanne Schmidt
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Released: June 16, 2023
Book 1 of 4 of the Turrim Archive
The date given on Amazon for of Jenelle's third book in this series is June 20, 2024!
Here is her own "blurb" about it:
Treasure Planet meets Firefly in this epic adventure!”
This is book 3 of the 5-book Turrim Archive series. And I thought really hard about how to write a blurb for it, but everything I came up with seemed to give far too many spoilers for what had come in the first two books.
A clean, family-friendly gaslamp fantasy, this series contains airship pirates, a military academy, a mysterious wizard, genetic engineering, and as you can probably tell by the cover, this installment might even have a few robots!
The story continues here from where it started in The Orb and the Airship and left off in Mantles of Oak and Iron. The stakes are higher. The characters are in the middles of their arcs. And the adventure is ramping up! Come along for the ride! (But seriously, start at book 1).
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(Yay for getting ahead!)
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“Treasure Planet meets Firefly in this epic adventure!”
Open war has begun.
Grayden and Beren head for the front lines to defend against the invading army. But the enemy has a devastating new weapon, and now the defenders must learn a new tactic in order to survive.
Imprisoned, mutated, and forced to learn her new abilities, Raisa fears she will become a weapon against the ones she loves. Desperate to free her, Captain Marik races his airship to find Raisa, but it may already be too late.
Tensions rise in the fourth book in the Turrim Archive. Airship pirates, wizards, robots, and now paratroopers race to collide in a battle for the fate of the world.
Stay tuned for the final book in that series, Book 5 of the Turrim Archive, coming down the pike:
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AND... one more major thing that happened at the end of 2024 was a huge change in our son Grant's life! On November 26, 2024 he resigned from his 14-year job as a manager at a very large company fruit shipping dock, and set out to pursue self-employment and entrepreneurship with his new business, Grantland Films (GrantlandFilms.com) .
Here's a little history and insight as to how we are where we are today in March, 2025.
Over the past 14 years, the products of Grant's love of photography and videography were shared on his YouTube Channel called Bruce Trek. You can see his work on his YouTube channel: [Bruce Trek -- https://www.youtube.com/@brucetrek9555 ]
(There's a backstory about that use of "Bruce" involving the late mountain climber Scott Fischer...but that's a story for another time that you have to hear Grant tell.) 😉 😀
https://www.youtube.com/@BrittanyJean
[ Her web site is: bjeanmusic.com ]
Following that time together, we all went our separate ways from Illinois to return to homes in North Carolina and the state of Washington.
Jenelle's first novel, King's Warrior, was released in February of 2012 and the covers for that book and the three others that followed in Minstrel's Song Series, were designed and painted by Grant's wife Angelina. She also beautifully painted the cover for Brittany's "Wintertide" album released in November of 2021! We were thrilled that our little company was truly being produced by our family, offering "family-friendly media!" [What's that saying about "small beginnings?"] 😉
Even before Grant finished with his former employment, he and Jenelle had the idea of producing a podcast, so when Grant was available, they jumped into the beginning stages of that and dubbed it, "Evening in the Stormcave." They now have six episodes and plan to continue producing future episodes on a regular basis. You can check it out on YouTube, as well as via audio on Apple and Spotify. In Episode 1, they give a bit of background about the idea of where the name STORMCAVE originated. Here's a LINK for "Evening in the Stormcave, Episode 1:"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6LaDj6p3N4&list=PLSjPIFu39KS5hliyqWIF3ZAL0TndHiANz
And here's the logo for @stormcave1 logo:
I hope folks will enjoy watching those, hit the 👍, subscribe to the channel, and share with others! 🤗
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OK, one more "bragging right" I want to share--and that's the role our other son, Evan, plays in Stormcave, offering his fantastic digital graphic design strategy skills, especially for BJeanMusic! He is responsible for arranging and designing album covers, the inside CD booklet liner notes and pictures, music lyric videos, promotional posters and so much more!
[He came up with the Stormcave logo.]
His own business is: Satellite Black -- https://satelliteblack.com/
He also works in partnership with: Hadron Strategies -- check out their services at: https://www.hadronstrategies.com/
ONE more thing: This water color rendering of my childhood home in Michigan--painted by none other than our daughter-in-love, Angelina❣️ I absolutely LOVE this!!!
As Tigger would say, "TTFN!" 👋
