Susan B. Mitchell
Author, Storyteller, Historian
Hearts Turn When History Talks
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First Day Bonus

I have been digitizing all our old VHS tapes and to my delight, found a rendering of my all-time favorite Partytime Puppet’s Christmas puppet show. We performed it so many times and yet, I have only one filming of it. There were NO cell phones back then in...
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Would you like an audible version of my new 12 Days of Christmas book? Download it FREE (with code) and start listening on the First Day of Christmas: December 14th. Reply with your email address, if interested.
My First Book on Audible!

My First Book on Audible!

It really happened, just in time for the 12 Days of Christmas. “Favorite Stories for the Twelve Days of Christmas: From Our House to Yours” is now available on Amazon as a paperback book, kindle eBook, and/or a talking book on Audible. I am so...
Mercy Missions to Holland – 1945

Mercy Missions to Holland – 1945

It was such a thrill to meet a real and still living WWII B-17 Bomber Veteran on Independence Day this year. Paul “Bud” Haedike who was honored at the Provo Freedom Festival called me on the phone and then mailed a list of his 23 bombing missions over...
“Lest We Forget” Awards Gala

“Lest We Forget” Awards Gala

PAUL “BUD” HAEDIKE—A 97-year-old veteran of WWII served in the U.S. Air Force on a B-17 bomber at age 19, just like my dad. Last night he received a Freedom Award at the 2022 Provo Freedom Festival. My lovely niece, Camilla Billings, escorted me to the deluxe dinner...
My Journey to Create Heirloom Books

My Journey to Create Heirloom Books

Keepsake Hardcover Books My purpose for creating a website and setting up a business was to make hardcover copies of my picture books available. KDP (Amazon’s publisher) just started doing hardcover, but requires 75-pages. No children’s picture book is 75 pages. I...
“Talking Tulips” – A Dream Come True

“Talking Tulips” – A Dream Come True

My mother was a war bride. I was a baby boomer. Why? Because the young man who was to become my father signed up for the Army Air Corp the day he graduated from high school. Instantly he was off to training and quickly found himself flying B-17 Bombers over Germany....