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An Appalachian Summer – Ebook sale for $2.99 or less While writing Sunday’s post about picking beans with my son and grandkids and how I enjoyed our garden talk, I remembered writing about some bean picking and garden talking in my book, An Appalachian Summer. In that story my character, Piper (who they nicknamed Danny) picked beans and did that …
“Why try to explain miracles to your children when you can have them plant a garden.” -Janet Kilburn Phillips Last month, I posted about how our vegetable garden is a family affair for my son and his kids. They’ve grown up helping in the garden, planting and picking and even preserving the vegetables by helping with the canning and freezing. …
Book Lovers Day is celebrated on August 9 every year. This is an unofficial holiday observed to encourage bibliophiles to celebrate reading and literature. People are advised to put away their smartphones and every possible technological distraction and pick up a book to read. Looks as though my granddaughter’s dog is definitely loving some books while my granddaughter was going …
Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. And today? Today is a gift. That’s why we call it the present. ~Bill Keane Have you ever felt that each Sunday when you get up and have the privilege of going to church before having time with family or just resting time is a blessed gift? Maybe you feel that way every …
I was so happy that I got to go back to the Appalachian Mountains for another story about the Frontier Nursing Service after I wrote These Healing Hills a few years ago. I liked writing about a Frontier Nursing midwife the way I did in that story, but I wanted to share more of the Frontier Nurses Service history. The nurse …
One of my blessings is being able to put together the bulletin for my country church. My husband and I have been attending the same beautiful little church ever since we got married. Actually, he was attending there for several years before we married after his family moved to a farm just down the road from the church. I made …
You all really know how to make a blog book party fun. Thank you so much for showing up and for all the great questions you’re asking. I picked three to answer on tonight’s post. If you’ve already read them in the comments, you already know my answers. But maybe some of you waited to see some of the …
I had my Hometown Book Party Saturday and people actually showed up to hear me talk about my books and writing. Every person who entered the meeting room was like a special gift to me. They even smiled when I asked my son to take our picture. Some came who had been to almost every one of my book parties …
“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.” ~ Stephen King Sunday I wrote a post sharing about the many Hometown Book Parties or Events I’ve enjoyed throwing for my reading friends here in my town over the years. I tried to find some pictures of …
Back in 2005 when Scent of Lilacs, my first inspirational novel was published, I decided to celebrate with a book party for my hometown readers. These friends and family had been so supportive of my writing efforts through the years after my first book was published by Warner Books in 1978. I’d had some ups and downs through the years. …