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 […]
– A letter from author Jeff High – Dear Reader, I guess in truth… I’m a pretty shy person. I’ve written tens of thousands of words with the thoughts of my characters. But never my thoughts. That’s because, well….like I said. I’m actually a pretty shy person. When given the choice, I eat alone; I […]
The week before Easter, in a moment of weakness and Christian charity, Lida Wilkins invited her niece, Jasmine and her husband, Turk, to join her for the Easter worship service at First Presbyterian Church of Watervalley. By the time Easter Sunday was over, Lida felt confident that Jasmine and Turk had well-defended […]
When Randy and Marvelle Simpkins ate at Applebee’s last week, for the first time in years, he ordered a drink from the bar. It was a Scotch…. a double. They were in Atlanta and had just dropped off Althea, his mother-in-law, after a two-week visit to Watervalley. Randy had always gotten along fine with Althea. But […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Fullness of Time, the fourth and best written book (that is…until book five is done) in the Watervalley Series will finally be available on Tuesday, March 26. Hot Dog! (Pre-order info below!) After three years of laboring non-stop at the keyboard, (yes, that’s a big lie) and finding ever new ways to provide vague […]
