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Appalachian Thursday – Moonshiners!
I love it when I describe something in one of my novels that I can clearly picture and THEN find that what I described actually exists. In Miracle in a Dry Season Casewell cleans out an old spring with a catch basin. Guess what my husband found in the woods on the...
What IS the Reason for the Season?
I keep hearing folks admonish the world to stop focusing on presents and holiday trappings. Rather, focus on the reason for the season. Which is Jesus, right? Except I think we get mixed up about the reason for the season. I mean, what would Christmas look like if it...
Appalachian Thursday – Light for the Darkest Day
It's the first day of winter. The darkest day of the year. Which, of course, has me thinking about LIGHT and all it's sources. Even on dark days, there was lots of light on the family farm come December and not always electric. CANDLE LIGHT - We didn't have all those...
Just One Week Till Christmas!
Are you ready? Tree lights twinkle in the window, I've finished my shopping, made a pan of fudge, even sent out some actual Christmas cards . . . I guess I'm ready. Do you remember Christmas Eve when you were a kid? Lying in bed, eyes wide open, listening for reindeer...
Appalachian Thursday – Snow Days
Last Friday's forecast of 1-3 inches of snow morphed into almost a foot. Suddenly, we had a full-blown snow day on our hands. Schools closed, there was a run on bread and milk, and a few unlucky folks ended up in the ditch. I went home and took my dog out into the...
Please Stop Asking Authors THIS Question
I love talking about my books and my writing. And it's so nice when friends, family, readers, and others ask for details. But there's one question that comes up over and over that I simply don't know how to answer. It usually comes up in that quiet time after the...
Appalachian Thursday – A Homemade Christmas
Once upon a time Christmas was simpler. Preparations didn't start before Halloween, presents were homemade, food was based on what was in season, and decorations came from nature. Or so I hear. All of that could be me romanticizing a simpler, POORER time in the...
Advent – Looking Forward to Christmas
Yesterday was the first Sunday of Advent. Which, in my book, means the Christmas season has begun. Advent is traditionally a time of preparation, of looking forward to celebrating the birth of Christ and to his return. Do you remember what it was like to look forward...
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