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Letters from Home
Does anyone write actual letters anymore? I mean the newsy, chatty, keeping-up-with-people-we-love kinds of letters. One of my greatest treasures is a collection of letters from my grandmother. She was from a generation that hadn't given up paper and pen for the...
Win a Trip to My Hometown!
Okay, I didn't really grow up IN Buckhannon. But it's the closest town to our farm that's big enough to be called a town. And during the month of September, you can win a trip to visit this hip Appalachian gem that's been voted one of the coolest small towns in the...
Appalachian Thursday – Gauley River Pottery
When I was shaping Eugenia (Gainey) Floyd's character for The Finder of Forgotten Things, I decided to make her the postmistress of Oak Hill, WV. Since postal counters were often housed in general stores, I put her behind a counter in the back of an imaginary store....
Appalachian Thursday – The First Review!
While The Finder of Forgotten Things won't hit store shelves until early December, reviewers are already previewing this latest story. This is always a nail-biting time for me--hoping readers and reviewers will love my characters as much as I do! And yesterday, I got...
In the Midst of the Storm
Hurricane Fred blew through here last week. We moved to the mountains to get away from hurricanes and by and large we have. Plus, a hurricane on the coast is a whole other beast than one that's bullied its way into the mountains. All that land and topography usually...
Appalachian Thursday – Seven Signs Autumn is Near
While I love fall, I also love these days when I can begin to ANTICIPATE fall. Because half the fun of a thing, is looking forward to it. Hmmm. Maybe more than half the fun! As I get out and take Thistle for walks, or open my window on a cool morning, I’m definitely...
Happy 80th Birthday Dad
Today, I should be with Dad in WV, making a supper of ham, green beans, and potatoes followed by birthday cake or, better yet, butterscotch pie. Oh, and biscuits with butter and jelly. We'd sit out on the deck (he called it a "dorch," half deck, half porch) and I'd...
Appalachian Thursday – Hickory Nut Cake
Among my Appalachian research treasures is a copy of the 8th edition of Old Timey Recipes from 1975 as collected by Phyllis Connor. Inside the front cover someone wrote, "West Virginia, August 1976." Since I would have been just shy of five years old then, I think I...
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