It’s Christmas – how did that happen?
I’ve been so busy these past few weeks getting two books ready for publication, I barely noticed how close the holidays are. Bring Me Sunshine is now launched into the world.…
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It's here! My new book.
I’m really excited to announce that my new book is out there – making it’s way in the world and hopefully onto a Kindle or two. We have called it Bring…
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Long cold winter evenings ahead…
I haven’t done a book post for a while.. and have been reading a lot of books. I thought, with the holidays approaching, this might be a good time to…
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We don’t get out much…
Writing can be a lonely job. We spend most of our time chained to a computer, or a notebook, talking to people who exist only in our own heads. It…
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Stories from beyond the grave
I know – I’m too late for Halloween. But whatever the time of year – I do love graveyards. Old graveyards. Whether it’s a Neolithic burial mound, a stone cross on the…
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We interrupt this blog for a special announcement.
I know I promised you a graveyard blog this week… but I’ve got something better for you. Drum roll please. I have a new book – working title The Sun At…
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Steamed up over Great Smoky
There’s bears in them there hills. Seriously. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park – which straddles the Tennessee / North Carolina border – claims to have bears. About 1700 of them. That…
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Stories within stories … within stories.
Museums are not about rare and fabulous objects safely locked behind protective glass. At least the good ones aren’t. Museums should be about people and the lives they lived. Museums should…
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Log Cabins and Railway Carriages
It is amazing where music will lead you. In this case – to a shotgun shack in the Appalachian Mountains and an art deco railway carriage in Chattanooga. Recently we went…