What’s more fun that a Mystery Photo Game? I guess it’s having two grandsons come spend a couple of nights at Grandma’s house. But being on grandma duty and playing all sorts of games from Jenga to Uno to hiking to the creek had kept me too busy to keep up with all the other things I needed to do. …
“The dog lives for the day, the hour, even the moment.” ~Robert Flacon Scott Okay so Sunday’s mystery photo wasn’t a great mystery. A lot of you knew what it was. I guess the pecan mystery picture was my tricky highlight (so far) and this one my low light. But that’s okay. I’m fine with some right guesses. It definitely …
“We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie.” ~David Mamet Well, I’ve had my success in the mystery photo game this time. Now if you all get the last two right, it will be fine because I completely tricked you on this Number 3 picture. I really thought you’d get it, and while most …
“What we could consider magic, may just be science that we don’t understand yet.” ― Patricia Robin Woodruff, Strange Tales of Floyd County, VA Thank you all for playing my Mystery Photo Game. Some of you are really hard to trick into thinking something different than what it is. But I guess some people are simply better at solving mysteries …
He who finds a thought that lets us a little deeper into the eternal mystery of nature has been granted great peace. ~Albert Einstein Don’t you just love nature? Love going outside to see what you might see? See what gifts the Lord might bless you with on any particular day? That happens to me often when I go walking …
What a week so far! An Appalachian Summer officially released yesterday, June 30th. As I said in my last post, it is always, always fun having a new book out for readers. Then it can be a little tense waiting to see what those readers are going to say about the story. So far the reviews and comments have been …
Tuesday is release day for An Appalachian Summer. Already books have gone out to some reviewers and early readers. But Tuesday, if you did a pre-order, my new mountain story will fly out to you. And I will love hearing what you think about the story. When I decided to go back to Wendover, Kentucky for a new story, I wanted to …
“Whoever said you can’t buy happiness forgot little puppies.” – Gene Hill “A dog may be man’s best friend, but a child’s best friend is a puppy.” – Unknown “Happiness is a warm puppy.” – Charles Shultz About ten years ago a neighbor’s dog decided our …
June 1965 Jocie Brooke here reporting from Hollyhill. It’s been a while since I’ve had time to do any extra reporting. Oh, I’ve still been helping Dad with stories in the paper. Nothing too exciting. This is Hollyhill, you know. About the most exciting story for months was old Mrs. Jennings turning 100. One hundred years. That means she was …
“Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, storytellers and singers of song.” ~Unknown Happy Father’s Day to all of you – those who are dads and those of us who have dads. There’s nothing like a dad, but it’s also true that our dads weren’t always dads. They used to be boys and then young men …