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LOST IN THE WASH

My latest book, HALLEY, awarded 2015 Jefferson Cup Honor for Historical Fiction. Awarded the Moonbeam Silver Medal for Young Adult Fiction.   (see the following web address for more information)     http://www.newsouthbooks.com/pages/2015/10/20/halley-wins-moonbeam-awards-silver-medal/                                                           Available at: NewSouth Books: www.newsouthbooks.com/halley and Amazon Well, folks, … Continue reading

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TAKING A STAND

My latest book, HALLEY, awarded 2015 Jefferson Cup Honor for Historical Fiction. Awarded the Moonbeam Silver Medal for Young Adult Fiction.                                     Available at: NewSouth Books: www.newsouthbooks.com/halley and Amazon I read a while back about a hunter who fell out of … Continue reading

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A TRIBUTE TO MARY ANN BUSHA HUTCHESON

She was a golden girl in our college days.  A natural blond, she had the lanky Julia Roberts look before Julia Roberts had it.  She even looked good in the awkward green pleated gym suits our college required in the … Continue reading

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A TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL

  My latest book, HALLEY, awarded 2015 Jefferson Cup Honor for Historical Fiction. Available at: NewSouth Books: www.newsouthbooks.com/halley and Amazon One of the joys of our recent trip out west was our side trip to visit the artist-illustrator of three of … Continue reading

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A GIFT OF LOVE

  My latest book, HALLEY, has just been released by NewSouth Books: www.newsouthbooks.com/halley We didn’t exchange Christmas gifts in our family.  If mill work was good, Mama managed to buy us each one gift–a piece of needed clothing for the … Continue reading

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SEARCHING FOR BRANCHES ON THE FAMILY TREE

  My latest book, HALLEY, has just been released by NewSouth Books: www.newsouthbooks.com/halley Have you noticed that most people develop an interest in family history just after most of the older members of their family are dead or sliding in … Continue reading

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PRAISE THE LORD AND PASS THE COOKIES

My latest book, HALLEY, awarded 2015 Jefferson Cup Honor for Historical Fiction. Available at: NewSouth Books: www.newsouthbooks.com/halley and Amazon I don’t do vacation bible school anymore.  Every protestant church in the South has VBS for one week every summer.  It’s sort … Continue reading

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DOWN TO THE BARE FACTS

My latest book, HALLEY, awarded 2015 Jefferson Cup Honor for Historical Fiction. Available at: NewSouth Books: www.newsouthbooks.com/halley and Amazon After I made the big decision to go to college, after I’d found a place to borrow money to help with college … Continue reading

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MRS. STOUDEMIRE SAVES SHAKESPEARE

My latest book, HALLEY, awarded 2015 Jefferson Cup Honor for Historical Fiction. Available at: NewSouth Books: www.newsouthbooks.com/halley and Amazon It was 1957.  Standing in the doorway of senior English, Mrs. Stoudemire looked as if she’d just flown in on her broom.  … Continue reading

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PUPPY LOVE

My latest book, HALLEY, awarded 2015 Jefferson Cup Honor for Historical Fiction. Available at: NewSouth Books: www.newsouthbooks.com/halley and Amazon I still recall my first love.  Just in case he reads this, I will call him “Jeffrey,”  but every girl in my … Continue reading

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PEARL

My latest book, HALLEY, awarded 2015 Jefferson Cup Honor for Historical Fiction. Available at: NewSouth Books: www.newsouthbooks.com/halley and Amazon It’s a wonder I even liked my cousin, Pearl when we were growing up in the 1940s and 50s.  She was beautiful … Continue reading

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SWASHBUCKLING BO

My latest book, HALLEY, Awarded 2015 Jefferson Cup Honor for Historical Fiction. Available at: NewSouth Books: www.newsouthbooks.com/halley and Amazon Our late Boxer, Bo, was very territorial.  He didn’t put up with other animals in his domain. He considered the Ark Veterinary  … Continue reading

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A MOST HAPPY FELLOW

My latest book, HALLEY, Awarded 2015 Jefferson Cup Honor for Historical Fiction. Available at: NewSouth Books: www.newsouthbooks.com/halley and Amazon Ta-da-da–da-da de Dah de dah ta dah de dah!  Dah–de dah… Every time I hear a John Phillips Sousa march I am … Continue reading

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FOLKLORE, CHARMS, AND OLD WIVES’ TALES

  My latest book, HALLEY, Awarded 2015 Jefferson Cup Honor for Historical Fiction. Available at: NewSouth Books: www.newsouthbooks.com/halley and Amazon In the Georgia mountains of my childhood, there were some people who were superstitious.  Not many actually believed in ghosts, but … Continue reading

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MOZART IN THE MOUNTAINS

My latest book, HALLEY, Awarded 2015 Jefferson Cup Honor for Historical Fiction. Available at: NewSouth Books: www.newsouthbooks.com/halley and Amazon When I first began to think of college as a remote possibility, at around age 17, I believed it was very important … Continue reading

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ELEMENTARY, MR. WATSON

My latest book, HALLEY, Awarded 2015 Jefferson Cup Honor for Historical Fiction. Available at: NewSouth Books: www.newsouthbooks.com/halley and Amazon “Mr. Watson” was not the kindest, most handsome, or the best teacher I had at East Side School in Dalton, Georgia.  He … Continue reading

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Ya’ll Come

My latest book, HALLEY, Awarded 2015 Jefferson Cup Honor for Historical Fiction. Available at: NewSouth Books: www.newsouthbooks.com/halley and Amazon Southern hospitality isn’t what it used to be.  And I’m not just referring to the decline of the ritual “Ya’ll come to … Continue reading

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A GOOD ARMADILLO

  My latest book, HALLEY, Awarded 2015 Jefferson Cup Honor for Historical Fiction. Available at: NewSouth Books: www.newsouthbooks.com/halley and Amazon My three youngest grandchildren are the most satisfying audience in the world to read to!  They will sit and listen for … Continue reading

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The Armored Guerrilla of Pine Flat

 My latest book, HALLEY, has just been released by NewSouth Books: www.newsouthbooks.com/halley  It all started one dark and stormy night two months ago.  Or that’s when my husband and I thought it started.  The day after the storm Benjamin kept seeing … Continue reading

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NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS

 My latest book, HALLEY, has just been released by NewSouth Books: www.newsouthbooks.com/halley My acting career seemed to go by in a flash.  Maybe that’s because the part in front of the camera only lasted one very long day. My husband and … Continue reading

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