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Royal Weddings and Real Life
When I called my dad on Sunday I jokingly asked him if he'd watched the royal wedding. He scoffed and asked why everyone seems to care about it so much. Indeed. Why DO we care about it so much? I think as pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps Americans the notion of...
Appalachian Thursday – Back on The Farm
We just returned from spending several days at The Farm in West Virginia. My niece is the eighth generation of my family to grow up on that land. The house we stay in is just a few months older than I am since my parents built it while Mom was pregnant with me....
Mother’s Day in WV
I'm at home in West Virginia this week to spend Mother's Day with my mom and visit with my dad. Which means you're getting a re-post related to mother's and daughters . . . Maybe mom and I will tackle a couple of these! I was winding down the other evening and came...
Vinegar & Char
This seems to be my year for collections. While I don't have a full-length novel coming out in 2018, I do get to be part of two collections releasing on October 1st and 2nd. I've already written about The Christmas Heirloom novella collection releasing 10.2.18, but...
Appalachian Thursday – Funerals
I've attended several funerals lately and it got me thinking about how much a part of growing up in Appalachia funerals have always been. As a child I often went with my parents to funerals. Shoot, everyone went. It's just what you did. The two things I remember most...
Queen of the May
There are stories all around us. All you have to do is listen. A dear friend's mother offers a wealth of inspiration for my Appalachian stories. Anne grew up on a tobacco farm in Kentucky, but spent considerable time with grandparents in town. While she did help with...
Appalachian Thursday – Outhouses
Tomorrow is my wedding anniversary--twenty-two years! So what does that have to do with outhouses? Well, if you've been following my blog for a while, you know that the church where we married was lacking indoor plumbing. It still is twenty-two years later. So, in...
Revisiting My First Love – Poetry
I had a wonderful time at the Southern Kentucky Book Fest this past weekend. I had a chance to teach a class, sit on a panel, and interact with readers (and writers!). Some of my favorite things to do! On Friday I sat in on a poetry workshop with former Wisconsin poet...
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