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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...
The Finder of Forgotten Things–Behind the Title
My next story will be unleashed on the world in four short months. These are the days when the book IS what it IS. The final edits have been turned in but the reviews have yet to come out. And readers have yet to flip to Chapter 1 and discover this latest tale. So,...
Appalachian Thursday – From Ulster, Ireland
One of the fun bonuses of writing Appalachian fiction set in my home state and inspired by my own family (seven generations worth of Mountaineers!) is connecting with a world of cousins who have discovered me through my stories. Lately, I've been hanging out on a...
You HAVE to Watch The Chosen
Have you watched The Chosen yet? No? Well what are you waiting for?!? I'll admit I didn't jump on The Chosen bandwagon right away. While I've seen a handful of really great Christian movies/programs, I've also seen quite a few that were so-so. But friends kept raving...
Appalachian Thursday – Treasures from the Past
I'm hopelessly sentimental. That's part of the reason I love writing stories set in the recent past. It's like getting to time travel and hang out with my grandparents and great-grandparents! So when my cousins in Pennsylvania boxed up a bunch of treasures that...
Appalachian Thursday – Folk Medicine
I love it when friends keep an eye out for items they know I'll treasure. Last week my friend Jessie slipped me a copy of Appalachian Folk Medicine: Native Plants and Healing Traditions. It was a donated to the thrift store at the ministry where I work and I LOVE IT!!...
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