Appalachian Blessings

Last week I wrote about getting to see the cover for The Sound of Rain releasing in November 2017. While I'm in LOVE with the cover, it did pose a minor problem. The heroine's hair color wasn't what I originally imagined. So I changed it. Then I invited readers to...

I got an early Christmas present this month when my publisher sent me the cover art for The Sound of Rain. As much as I've loved my previous covers, this one is hands down my favorite. And I'm itching to show it to you, but I won't. At least not yet. The rule of thumb...

We had so many Christmas traditions when I was a kid. And–this probably won’t come as a shock–quite a few had to do with food. Popcorn Balls – Mom would make popper after popper of corn and load it into a huge bowl. (It might not have been that huge, but I was a kid....

I refuse to intentionally listen to Christmas music until we're at least a week into December. Of course, it's unavoidable in stores and co-workers sometimes have Pandora going, but I'm just now tuning my radio to the holiday stations. Yesterday, I took Thistle on a...

We’ve had a live Christmas tree almost every year–when I was a child and now as an adult. When we were kids in WV, we’d go to a nearby Christmas tree farm (I mean, a mile or so away) and pick out a tree. Now, in Western NC, the tree farms are higher up in the...

After four months of only trace amounts of rain, we're finally getting wet. And the funny thing is . . . I can't quite remember what I was so desperate about. As October rolled into November and then December approached without rain, I longed for the least drop of...