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Rise Up from the Country

Several years ago, while working on Mother of Rain, the beginning of the Appalachian novels I wrote, I snuck in late to the evening service at Christians Bend Church in Tennessee. I had not been in the church since 1968. The last time I[..]
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19 12 , 2020 4 Comments
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God Loves You like a Granny

Tim brought back yesterday's mail this morning, along with my Starbucks coffee. This is our ritual when he is with me. I write while he picks up the coffee. Like many who are seeking to follow the medical professionals pleas, we had a quiet[..]
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27 11 , 2020 No Comments
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Love Be With You

My neighbor called me the other day. He had something for me and wondered when I might be around for him to drop by. It was raining. I didn't want him to be out in the rain and risk falling. He had taken a nasty[..]
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16 11 , 2020 3 Comments
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We Have to Lead Each Other Out

I never liked Science Fiction as a genre. My brother was a Star Wars and Star Trek fan. Not me. I never wanted anything to do with people dressing alike. I dropped out of Brownies and later ROTC for those very reasons. You might have[..]
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04 08 , 2020 3 Comments
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Update on No Test for Our Community

[caption id="attachment_5067" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Model Naomi Campbell in her new traveling gear during a pandemic. [/caption] The hospital volunteer switched the channel to the 700 Club. "Seriously?" I whispered. So she changed it to FOXNews. Sigh. I was waiting to be ushered into the isolation[..]
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12 03 , 2020 2 Comments
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Trading the Porch for an iPhone

She carried a knitted hat as she walked into the restaurant. Her disabled son only a step or two behind her. He slid into the booth. She walked up to the table where I sat with my coffee. "Put this on my bill," she[..]
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13 10 , 2019 No Comments
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Butts to the Wind

Like much of the nation, I have been following the hurricane news. My daughter was in Wilmington, , NC, on Monday and Tuesday so I followed it in part to keep her informed. As one of her friends remarked to me, "Not exactly the time[..]
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05 09 , 2019 No Comments
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Build a Better Community: Invest in Women

Over $200,000. That's how much money was raised at the 7th annual Women's Fund of East Tennessee luncheon in mid-April. As the keynote, I was delighted to play a small role in this year's event, which was dedicated the formidable Betsy Bush. Much to my regret,[..]
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07 05 , 2018 1 Comment
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If you’re a Nashville fan

From 2004-2013, I worked on my first novel, Mother of Rain (Mercer University Press). It was hard work. I was trying to tackle a lot of things all at once. Put aside the fact that I had never really written fiction. I'd been a journalist. An opinion[..]
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02 04 , 2016 No Comments
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