Wishing You a Blessed Thanksgiving

This is the text of the first United States Thanksgiving proclamation. Just a reminder of whom we have to thank. WHEREAS it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to...

The Great Flood of 1999

I recently contributed to an anthology–When You Pass Through Waters–compiled by novelist and artisit Nicole Seitz. Here’s the scoop: In response to the “thousand year flood” of 2015 in South Carolina, eighteen beloved and bestselling authors...

Appalachian Thursday–Ancestors

How cool is this?!? A photograph of my great, great, great grandparents Horace and Susan Phillips. The little tyke in the middle is my great, great grandfather David Phillips. That would be Grandma Jane’s dad. I knew my great-grandmother and was a teensy bit...