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Everyone has their wishing years—years filled with the wonders of growing up, the trials and tribulations of being a kid in a grown-up’s world, and the unquestionable certainty that coming of age is only a distant dream that will probably never ever really come true. Mine were spent in Michigan’s wild, rugged, and somewhat isolated [...]

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  Two weeks before Christmas 1950, my pal Judy Sporer and I bundled up in our warmest coats, wound our scarves around our necks and faces, and trudged two miles in our Stadium Boots to Iron River to do our Christmas shopping. We each had a whopping $5 in our pockets. At Newberry’s Five and [...]

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  This is how our backyard looked a few years back in the U.P. A little snowfall…nothing big, just a few flakes. Then the sun came out to celebrate. Don’t you love the Upper Peninsula of Michigan’s weather? If not, wait five minutes and it will change! Never a dull moment!

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Order now! SAME DAY SHIPPING! Over 800 copies of A Tree Grows in Trout Creek have been shipped since publication on October 15. And you can still order copies and receive them in time for Christmas gift giving! The Wishing Years, Coralie Cederna Johnson’s earlier book is also available. Go to ORDER BOOKS above to [...]

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Finally back home again after a wonderful Thanksgiving visit with family and friends in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan!  Of course, Thanksgiving is always a time for celebration in our family and so are the family birthdays that happen just about the same time each year. I was born on Thanksgiving day and my sister [...]

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IRONWOOD DAILY GLOBE: Published Sunday, November 18, 2007 4:25:26 PM Central Time By DIANE MONTZ Globe Staff Writer In the title story of her new book, Coralie Cederna Johnson writes: “Nobody wanted to go to Trout Creek. There was nothing there. Nothing but a lot of trees. Trees, trees and more trees.” Overlooking the forest [...]

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Last evening’s book signing for A Tree Grows in Trout Creek was so much fun! The audience at our Normal Park Neighborhood monthly meeting was terrific. They enjoyed the brief history notes and then the humorous story called Skunked. They laughed in all the right places. What more could an author ask for! And I’m [...]

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I have my first book signing this evening for our neighborhood monthly meeting and am really looking forward to it! I’ll read from my new book, A Tree Grows in Trout Creek, and then take questions as time allows. I’m going to read two short excerpts, one of Michigan history and the other strictly for [...]

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Two weeks into the book sale of A Tree Grows in Trout Creek, a memoir of growing up in upper Michigan, six-hundred books have been shipped! Many thanks to all who have purchased! For book lovers everywhere, discount prices are available for a limited time. Just click on ORDER BOOKS above and pay with a [...]

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The new book, A Tree Grows in Trout Creek, was only released less than two weeks ago and I have sold 579 copies to date! My writing group friends held a book celebration party for me this past Sunday afternoon and it was wonderful! Jennifer brought fancy chocolates, Karen baked red velvet cupcakes, Robbie brought [...]

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