The annual Wild Goose Festival is less than one week away! Fred and I are delighted to join Upper Room Books authors Hannah Shanks, Whitney Simpson, and Kristen Vincent, as well as Acquisitions Editor Joanna Bradley for this year’s fun. If you’re headed to the festival for …
Photo Credit: Linda Furtado Saffron Cross Spring 2014 Tour (NC, VA, and KY) It’s that time! Spring is nearly here (I repeat this mantra even as NC has just wrested with another bout of wintry mess!), and Fred and I are on the road again. …
Sunday Best My mother arrived during the World War II era, the youngest of five children born to a rural family of industrious farmers, entrepreneurs, and homemakers. She comes from a long line of women who counseled their daughters: “You mustn’t let your slip …
As another year comes to a close, it’s a good time for all of us to reflect with much gratitude on what we experienced and the lessons we learned in 2013. What were yours? #1 Yes, You Can Write a Book. Nothing says you’ve …
I’m exhausted in the most beautiful way. Fred and I completed six weeks of book tour with Saffron Cross—all while maintaining our day jobs and our sanity. Three states, eight flights, and 13 events later—we’re still married and in one piece. Last weekend we crashed, …
A friend recently asked us where we’re headed to next. We replied “Jackson, Mississippi,” and he said, “Oh! Like the Johnny Cash song!” (This was a Cash anthem I hadn’t yet heard of.) Turns out that Johnny Cash and June Carter did record a Jackson …