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Hungry for Community
If you've been reading my blog very long you know I hike just about every day. I'm lucky enough to live a mile from Pisgah National Forest and have been walking those trails for about twenty years now. Two decades ago the area didn't have easy access but five years or...
Appalachian Thursday – State Flowers
Ever have one of those weeks when you can't keep track of what day it is? Yeah, me too. Wild azalea (often called honeysuckle bythe old timers) with mountain laurel inthe background. On January 23, 1903–117 years ago–the Legislature of West Virginia passed a joint...
Looking Forward to Spring (Events)!
Ann Gabhardt and I at a previous Southern Kentucky Bookfest. She writes the BEST books! I just came in from walking Thistle on a COLD and BLUSTERY day. Ick. I love getting out for walks but not when the temperature is below freezing and the wind is standing my hair on...
Appalachian Thursday – Place as Character
If you haven't caught on yet, I LOVE these Appalachian Mountains. And my hope is that when I write about Appalachia in my books the sense of place is so strong it's practically its own character. I even go so far as to lead a workshop about "Setting as Character." And...
Inside an Author’s Head
I've been working on wrapping up edits on my story for 2020 while brainstorming future stories. Which means I've been living inside my author head lately. And I thought maybe you'd get a kick out of taking a peek inside . . . When an author appears to be listening to...
Appalachian Thursday – Sustainable Eating
My great-grandmother was on the sustainable eating bandwagon before it was even a thing. Of course, she called it "surviving." She mostly ate what the family grew, foraged, or hunted. They took what they needed with a little extra to "lay by." Sustainable. Not to...
2020 Vision
In 2012 I wrote my vision statement–a statement of my goals as an author. I think it’s important to not only create such a document, but to revisit it regularly to see how I’m doing and what needs to change. So as 2020 gets underway (and since today is Epiphany!), I...
Appalachian Thursday – Breakin’ Up Christmas
We've rung in the new year and Christmas is over . . . or is it? I've written before about Old Christmas--the mountain tradition of celebrating the holiday on January 6 due to some calendar confusion dating back hundreds of years. But there's also an Appalachian...
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