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Happy Birthday WV!
If you follow my blog you should probably get used to me celebrating my home state on June 20. Because today, those West Virginia hills turn 153. And if you've ever met a West Virginian, you know we tend to be overly fond of the Mountain State. Once part of Virginia,...
Appalachian Thursday – Clotheslines
When I was a kid, being assigned to hang wet laundry on the clothes line was NOT my favorite task. I didn't much appreciate bringing it in when dry, either. Especially since that meant I'd be folding all that stuff. But now, I long for a clothes line. Towels dried in...
Tapestry of Secrets – An Excerpt
In less than eight weeks, the final installment in the Appalachian Blessings series will be out and about--in stores, in readers' hands, in the WORLD. I'm excited, but I'm nervous, too. Is it any good? Will readers like it? Will the story touch hearts the way I'm...
Appalachian Thursday–Book Launch in a Barn
In less than two months the third and final (for now!) installment in the Appalachian Blessings series will be in my hands and, hopefully, in some of yours! To celebrate, we're holding a book launch party Appalachian-style. It'll be in a barn, there will be at least...
Why are you so afraid? (a political digression)
I make it a point not to talk politics on my blog. I talk about books, family, faith, Appalachia, and a few other more or less related topics. But not politics. Especially these days. And today I'm still not writing about politics--I'm writing about faith by way of...
Appalachian Thursday — Lazy Summer Days
What do you do when you have a whole day before you with pretty much no digital technology to distract you? Oh wait, I remember! That's how it was when I was a kid. Sure there were three or sometimes four channels to watch on TV, but nothing of much interest. And we...
My Own Worst Critic
Last week Until the Harvest won a Selah Award for Historical Fiction. Yay! In the course of the evening, a friend turned around and snapped a photo of me back at the table holding my award. Then she tweeted the photo out and it got lots of shares and likes....
Appalachian Thursday–Farm Dinners
Growing up on the family farm in French Creek, WV, I never thought of the area as what you might call sophisticated. We were pretty much plain, country folk. Going to see a traveling ballet company dance the Nutcracker (one night only!) at the high school was pretty...
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