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Awards or Readers?
Do you remember field day back in grade school? The 100-yard dash, long jump, shot put, and so on? I used to love field day. (That was before I knew I wasn't athletic.) We were outside doing fun activities and we got ribbons for doing well. Blue and red and white...
Appalachian Thursday–Fried Squirrel (and a deal!)
In about a month my second novel, Until the Harvest, will be out. As a lead up to that, the e-version of my first novel, Miracle in a Dry Season, is on sale for $1.99 through Sunday. If you've been meaning to get a copy, I hope you'll grab it! But in the meantime, I...
SouthernBelleView Monday
It's my day to post over at SouthernBelleView and I've opted to rework one of my most popular posts ever--about stepping in poop. Come on over for some words of wisdom from my then nine-year-old nephew. Or, if you don't feel like clicking over, here's a photo of the...
Appalachian Thursday–Adrian Elementary School
I recently joined a Facebook alumni group for my grade school back home in West Virginia. I'm not a very enthusiastic alumnus of any of the other schools I attended, but I was excited to see pictures and share memories of those early years. I LOVED elementary school....
The Price of Reading–Worth It!
I keep seeing them on my desk and thinking my husband has misplaced his reading glasses. But no. These are mine. Each morning I get up and read a chapter in the Bible. Lately, I've been suffering from "morning eyes." It's like I can't get my eyes to adjust properly. I...
Appalachian Thursday–Seed Catalogs
I still have to work hard to resist them. The catalogs filled with beautiful, full-color images of corn and strawberries and squash and green beans . . . I don't even have a garden. Oh, I sometimes grow a pot of tomatoes on the porch or plant some herbs in the flower...
Finding Carlotta Ratts Part 2
Today I'm over at SouthernBelleView giving more details about finding the owner of my 130-year-old copy of Longfellow's Poems. Pop on over if you want to read a bit of Carlotta's story and how she fell in love . . .
Appalachian Thursday–Planting by the Signs
It's finally March and temperatures actually soared into the 70s yesterday. Of course, we're supposed to get SNOW before today is out, so we're not too excited. But it is getting to be time to think about planting the garden. When I was a kid my father and one of the...
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