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I shared the thoughts of Christmas from Aunt Perdie of Along a Storied Trail last Sunday. So I invited a different character to stop by tonight. Ivy Bradford from my recent book, The Pursuit of Elena Bradford. Ivy is Elena’s younger sister and very different from Elena. She’s sixteen and beautiful and full of the joy of life. So naturally enough, she loves …
Christmas is a little more than a month away. Thanksgiving is this week. I’ve always wanted to remember my blessings and give thanks for them before I think about decorating for Christmas. But then, when some of those I number among my blessings showed up the weekend before Thanksgiving and were in the Christmas mood enough to help me do …
These are three of my books that have Christmas scenes. While my last Hollyhill book, Summer of Joy, has a title with summer in it, the book has plenty of snow along with Christmas scenes for Jocie and her family. These Healing Hills has snow and Christmas too even though it has its share of autumn weather as well. One …
Christmas magic is silent. You don’t hear it — you feel it, you know it, you believe it. ~Kevin Alan Milne One of the times when that magic is so real, especially for kids, is on Christmas Eve. I do remember feeling that magic, that anticipation, that feeling of wonder. Do you? The picture is of my family’s tree …
Do you remember when you were a kid and you counted the days off until Christmas? You always knew exactly how many there were to go. Fourteen, thirteen, twelve and on. Well, I had to count them off on the calendar, but now there are ten days until Christmas Eve when many families will be gathering to enjoy the holiday …
When we recall Christmas past, we usually find that the simplest things — not the great occasions — give off the greatest glow of happiness. –Bob Hope Do you have your Christmas tree up and decorated? I don’t. Yet. I will. Soon. Tomorrow I’ll get the ornaments out of the attic and maybe drag up my tree from the basement. …
My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that? –Bob Hope I’m guessing most of you do have up your Christmas tree, but I’m confessing that I don’t. But when I do get it up this weekend, I hope, it …
Have you ever wanted to attend a book event hosted by an author you’ve wanted to meet? Well, now’s your chance to meet at least three authors, Sarah Loudin Thomas, Cindy Sproles, and me. All of us have written stories set in the Appalachian Mountains. Sarah has set all her books somewhere in the mountains. Her new release, The …
Some Christmas tree ornaments do more than glitter and glow, they represent a gift of love given a long time ago. ~Tom Baker My son and a couple of my granddaughters came to visit Saturday night and helped me decorate my Christmas tree. I’m not a tree in every room big Christmas decorator. And usually I’m not this early with …
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Did you sing that along with me? No, we don’t have snow although we might see a snowflake this weekend. That will be a change after short sleeve weather yesterday. Anyway, no big snow yet. This picture is from a winter four years ago. I wanted to find a picture of a …