Hey Folks, Chick McKissick here from Chick’s Auto Repair Shop! Man…was it ever cold last week! Watervalley Lake froze over for the first time in decades. I almost put a sign on the shop door reading: Gone For The Season! Reason?Freezin! On top of that, the wind blew so hard you had to lean into it to […]
Hey Everybody! Wendy Wilson here with the Watervalley Elementary School Christmas Break Update. We had the annual school Christmas program the last day before the break. Mrs. Gregory, the elementary school music teacher seemed happy it was over. Each year she says she’s never doing another one. I think it drives her crazy. But Mrs. […]
Dr. Bradford and I were Co-Chair and Grand Marshalls of this year’s Watervalley Christmas Parade. If he ever takes a job anywhere else, that’ll sure look good on his resume. This year the parade was an upscale event… mainly because of the new rules requiring all tractors be cleaned before being allowed to participate. The parade […]
“In time Luke walked out onto the back porch for one last look at the muted tranquility of the falling snow. Now, only a few random flakes were coming down. He tried to catch one of them on his tongue as he had done as a child, but had no such luck. So he held […]
“I was beginning to see the people of Watervalley in a new light. No doubt, events and ideas of the larger world did influence their days. And while they still looked to distant horizons with a genuine curiosity, they chose to hold tight to what they valued most–agriculture, family, and faith; not out of fear […]
Hey Everybody, We had the annual Farmer’s Co-Op Ham and Turkey shoot today out at Hoot Wilson’s hayfield. The shoot is a fundraiser to raise money and donations for the Watervalley Food Bank. It was a blast! Some people say it was the most exciting thing that’s happened since Lawson Sparkman brought that chicken with […]
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 […]
