Southern Appalachia is an interesting place. As my culture, there are so many things I love about it. The fierce loyalty of family, the sense of community, the independent spirit and resourcefulness. Of course there are things I'm not too fond of either - the...

I've been a fan of Dawn Crandall's books ever since I read her first one, The Hesitant Heiress - by the way, I own the dress on this cover 🙂 Dawn's writing style is intimate and interesting. As a first person writer, the reader is drawn into the thoughts of one of...

My nine year old daughter came downstairs after 'going to bed', her eyes red from crying. I expected the occassional bad dream explanation but instead she told me that a little girl at school had shared a scary story with her about dolls coming to life and hurting a...