As much as I love words…I’m really a visual person. Pictures invoke story. Years back, I was driving out in the country and came across an old and ruined cottage sitting in the middle of this perfect meadow. It was idyllic and sad in the same breath. The scene never left me. “Who had lived […]
Margie Reynolds came by Monday morning requesting to see me in my office. Margie is forty-two and gave birth to her second child, Cybil Ann this last December. Given that she and her husband Larry’s oldest child, Martha Lynn, graduated Vanderbilt in April, Cybil Ann was the definition of a bonus baby. Margie was […]
This is actually a story that was originally in “The Splendor of Ordinary Days” but was ultimately edited out to help bring the book within publication length. Here, Luke Bradford narrates about having an evening dinner with Connie and Estelle and a discussion of the two sisters recent family reunion. Hope you like it! […]
“So, in this next book, are they going to take a roll in the hay?” An old and dear friend pulled me aside the other day and asked me this question, referring to Luke and Christine. I was evasive in answering. He, (yes, it was a he) didn’t like this. “It’s a yes or no […]
Dr. Bradford’s old Corolla broke down again last week and Chick had to bring the wrecker and haul it over to the garage. Chick let him use an old Pinto as a loaner for a small fee. It was little improvement. But at least for the time being, nobody tailgated him. It’s been quiet down at […]
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 […]
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 […]
