Lester’s Winter of Discontent Lester, who works back on the loading dock, hasn’t had the best of winters. His girlfriend, Sabrina, broke up with him right after Christmas. Apparently, the customized bowling ball he got her didn’t say, “I love you” as much as Lester thought it would. And of all things, she came by […]
Dear Mrs. Thompson, I am writing to complain about my momma. My name is Robert and momma and my two younger brothers and me just moved here from Chicago. My mom grew up in Watervalley so she move us here because she and my dad got divorced. The other day she was getting in my […]
Well…I’m back! And so is life in Watervalley! The challenges of being a full time RN and writing great American literature (okay, maybe pretty darn decent American literature) proved to be overwhelming this last six months. But, book three is done! (Phew! More on that later.) Meanwhile, there is a lot of catching up […]
For Joe Dawson, figuring out where to go and what to do on vacation this year was almost a disaster. Even though he was the Pastor at Watervalley First Presbyterian, probably more than he wanted to admit it, the marijuana helped. This year, Joe and his wife, Mary Beth, were also celebrating their tenth wedding […]
Estelle’s Corn Salad Recipe Estelle Pillow is Connie Thompson’s younger sister (the one she talks to on the phone all the time in More Things in Heaven in Earth.) Well, in Each Shining Hour, she is moving back to Watervalley and believe you me…she is large and in charge. She has a PhD in chemistry, […]
At the recommendation of Mrs. Polly Pigg, noted Watervalley socialite, the Farmer’s Co-op is now carrying Costoluto Genovese tomato plants. Polly discovered them a couple of years ago during a Golden Agers touring trip of Italy and told us we just had to start carrying them. Now, Miss Polly, she can talk your ear off. She doesn’t […]
The fourth book in the Watervalley Book series! After a turbulent eighteen months, Luke Bradford is finally at peace with his new life as the sole physician in rural Watervalley. [...]
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“The Splendor of Ordinary Days” Is #1 Best Seller
The Splendor of Ordinary Days makes it to #1 on The Tennessean Best Seller List! On October 18th, the BookMan BookWoman bookstore in Hillsboro Village hosted a standing-room only book signing and author event to celebrate the latest novel in the Watervalley Books series, and that week the The Splendor of Ordinary Days rose to #4 on the […]
Kindle Fire HD 6 Giveaway Complete
Congratulations to Amanda Morris for winning the The Splendor of Ordinary Days Kindle Fire HD 6 Giveaway! With more than 1800 entries, Amanda was randomly selected and will receive a Kindle Fire HD 6 and signed copies of all three novels in the Watervalley Series. Special thanks to everyone who participated in the contest and the blog […]
A Cat Tale (The latest news from Watervalley.)
It should be noted that in ancient Egypt, cats were worshiped as kings and queens. Apparently, they haven’t forgotten this.
Facts and Fiction: (I don’t just make this stuff up.)
In my late teens I remember driving a country road out of Water Valley, Tennessee (the real one) up to Franklin, Tennessee in the next county. For a Middle Tennessee backroad, it bordered on bizarre. Around here we have rolling hills and ridges. Old backroads are rambling affairs; typically following the point of least resistance […]
