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“I love chicken salad! Love it, love it, love it. Over the years down at the Depot Diner I have made a dozen different kinds of chicken salad… some with curry, some with thyme, and even some with anchovy paste (don’t ask.) But this is my favorite! The key is the fresh tarragon. It gives […]
Reverend Joe Dawson had tried really hard not to let it bother him – the whole screwy tithing that Hiram Snodgrass was pulling – but over the weeks, it had started to get the better of him. By minister standards, Joe was new to Watervalley. He had been the pastor at Watervalley First Presbyterian for […]
June 11. Meeting of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BOMA). This month’s agenda includes an update regarding the renovation of the Watervalley Lake Bandstand, a discussion about the installation of speed bumps on Hasty Street, and a continued discussion about an ordinance regarding the use of bathroom porcelain as yard art. The motion was […]
Then he grinned and spoke again. “Besides, it’s rare to find someone in this county with an IQ above room temperature.” Comment made to Luke Bradford by John Harris while standing in the apple orchard. From: More Things in Heaven and Earth
Co-Op Gardening Tip for June Mildred Tomlin came in this past week with a big problem. It was her hydrangeas. Mildred had followed our advice from last month and put sulphur powder around her hydrangeas to make her soil more acidic. But in the last week, many of the leaves on her plants were turning […]
It was a pretty sleepless night over at the Satterfield house last Friday. Prom was less than twenty-four hours away. Karen Satterfield was a graduating senior, and this Prom would be her last. But she wasn’t the one who couldn’t sleep. It was her dad, Barry. It all started on Tuesday morning. That’s when Carl […]
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 […]
