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Appalachian Thursday–Side Dogs
There are generally two types of folks I run into hiking in the national forest near our house. 1) Transplants with an appreciation for nature who carry water bottles, graphite hiking sticks, and often have a proliferation of bumper stickers on their cars. 2) Locals...
Book . . . analysis: Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good
I was going to review Jan Karon's latest novel--Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good--but I realized I didn't want to review it so much as analyze it. The thing is, Jan Karon doesn't follow the rules. If you go to conferences or classes (which I highly recommend) you'll...
Appalachian Thursday–WV Book Events
I'm headed home in October. Ahhhh. My favorite month in my favorite place. And as an added bonus, I'm doing two book-related events while I'm in West Virginia. So excited to take my book back to the place it was born! Thursday, Oct. 16, 5:30 pm - October Farm Feast at...
My First Public Book Signing
There's nothing like sitting behind a table of your books watching people go by to remind you how important humility is. There's also nothing like total strangers who have never heard of you or your book getting excited about meeting you to remind you the world's...
Appalachian Thursday–Letters from Home
One of my greatest treasures is a collection of letters from my grandmother. She was from a generation that hadn't quite given up paper and pen for the telephone and certainly not for e-mail. I doubt she ever sat down in front of a computer, although she marveled over...
Guest Post – Truth, Lies, and the Single Woman
Allison and I met at The Cove in Asheville at a writer's retreat. We had lunch together in that fabulous dining room overlooking the mountains. She was single then and working on a book to help other single women stay true to God in the midst of their singleness. Now...
Appalachian Thursday–String Beans
It's time to put up the garden--canning, preserving, freezing. Of course, I hated it when I was a kid, but now I wish I had the time and cellar space to preserve summer in a Mason jar. Not to mention family close enough to gather on the porch to string beans, pare...
I still really love Jan Karon (and here's why)
In 2011 I had the chance to meet Jan Karon--one of my favorite authors--and she was every bit as delightful as I hoped. Yesterday I had a chance to see her again and although she didn't grab me and say she remembered me from that one, brief encounter three years ago,...
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