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Considering Miracles
As you may know, each of my novels is loosely based on a Biblical miracle. In Miracle in a Dry Season it's Christ's feeding of the 5,000 or the story of the widow with the ever full jar of oil. In Until the Harvest it's miraculous healing. And in book #3 it was meant...
Appalachian Thursday–Snow Days on the Farm
We're having a proper snow day today--several inches of the white stuff, hardly anyone venturing out, soup in the crock pot, and a good book to read (not to mention one to write!). Ahhhhh. When I was a kid, of course, snow days were a bit more exciting. And in West...
Returning a 130-Year-old Gift
Please come see me over on SouthernBelleView today. I'm sharing an amazing story about discovering who originally owned a 130-year-old copy of Longfellow's Poems I bought at a used book sale. So much fun!
Appalachian Thursday–Chicken Eggs and Earlobes
I LOVE the cover of my second novel with its bowl of multi-hued eggs. There's a hen-house in the story and the characters often gather the eggs. That was usually my job growing up and while it's certainly easy enough I nonetheless whined about it more than once. Now...
Preparing for Lent by Giving Up
It's almost Ash Wednesday, the first day of the Lenten season. Which means it's time to think about fasting. I've been fasting from something during Lent for quite a few years now. Sometimes it's food, sometimes it's a habit. Two years ago, I focused on adding the...
Appalachian Thursday–Elijah Phillips
Today I thought I'd share another installment from the 1976 edition of The Pioneer--a booklet put out periodically by the Descendants of the French Creek Pioneers. This one is about Elijah Phillips who was brother to my great, great, great, great-grandfather David...
SouthernBelleView–Why I Love Editors
It's SouthernBelleView Monday, so please pop on over and join them there. I'm discussing a particularly funny error in a movie releasing this year and how grateful I am that editors save me from making similar mistakes in my writing.
Appalachian (Throwback) Thursday–Happy Birthday David!
Today is my older brother's 45th birthday. Which means I'm precariously close to the same age! Dave's off in SC raising a family of his own now (and doing a mighty fine job!). But when we were kids I was his little shadow, ready to go anywhere he went and do anything...
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