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Tag Archives: history
Spring Reading: Kate Quinn’s “The Rose Code”
I read Kate Quinn‘s World War II era historical novel, The Rose Code, in a fevered (possibly actually fevered, as I’d just received my second Covid vaccination) rush, over the course of two nights while my kids were on Spring … Continue reading
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Tagged author, Bletchley Park, book review, booklist, books, bookstack, Britain, code breakers, Covid, England, feminism, friendship, historical fiction, history, Kate Quinn, Katherine Scott Crawford, reading, spring reading, storytelling, The Rose Code, vaccination, what I'm reading now, William Morrow, World War 2, World War II, writer, WWII
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Herstory
Happy Women’s History Month! My life is lousy with incredible women, past and present. Women I’ve known and women whose courage and work seeped into my DNA. My God, am I thankful for them. In honor of Women’s History Month, … Continue reading
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Tagged anything you can do I can do better, Asheville Citizen-Times, CNF, columnist, creative nonfiction, essay, Gannett, history, Katherine Scott Crawford, March, newspaper column, The Greenville News, USA Today, women, Women's history, Women's History Month, writing
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Madam Vice President
Nina Simone singing “Feeling Good” in 1965 feels like a fine way to celebrate the United States of America finally making good on one of its many promises. “Birds flying high, you know how I feel Sun in the sky, … Continue reading
Do your Christmas ornaments tell a story?
It’s difficult to play favorites. But my favorite Christmas ornaments are those which mean something specific: the ones collected on trips and adventures, those given me by friends, and those which hung on my grandparents’ tree. A brief history (photos … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, Alaska, Black Balsam Knob, Christmas, Christmas ornaments tell a story, CNF, column, columnist, Czech American, Disney, Ellis Island, Ellis Island Museum, Epcot, essay, family, family heirloom, family history, family trip, friends, friendship, George and Martha, George Washington, gift, history, holiday memories, holiday season, immigrant, journeys, Katherine Scott Crawford, Martha Washington, Montana, Montana Artists Refuge, mother daughter road trip, Mount Vernon, NC, newspaper column, Nordic star, Norway, ornaments, preschool ornaments, proposal, skiing, Spring Break road trip, Statue of Liberty National Monument, story, the most wonderful time of the year, Transylvania County, travel, trips, USA, wolf, writer in residence, writer life, writers residency, writing residency
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A Christmas Story for your Kindle
Last December (what a different world!) I wrote and published Evergreen and Expectations: A Keowee Valley Christmas Story via Kindle. It’s a brief dive back into the 18th century, the Southern frontier, and a chance to spend Christmas with Quinn, Jack, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1700s, 18th century, adventure, American Revolution, Cherokee Indians, Christmas story, Christmas traditions, colonial frontier, colonial times, eighteenth century, Evergreen and Expectations, fiction, Fire Eater, free, German Christmas, heroine, historical fiction, history, Jack, Katherine Scott Crawford, Keowee Valley, Kindle, Kindle Unlimited, love, novella, Quinn, Ridge Runner, short story, South Carolina
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The Sully Show … just a little funny for your Tuesday
Okay, funny story. And just for fun, because: 2020. Anyone who knows me knows I have a long-standing love (*cough* obsession) with frontier and Native culture, and the real people and characters who’ve populated it, past and present. I wrote … Continue reading
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Tagged American frontier, American Indians, CBS, Clemson football, Clemson University, college, Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman, funny story, historical fiction, history, Jane Seymour, Joe Lando, just for fun, Katherine Scott Crawford, memories, Native Americans, Old West, reruns, television shows, the sully show, TV
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History, travel, books, author life & more: Interview with Paper Lantern Writers
Hi, folks! I’m thrilled to be featured today on the blog at Paper Lantern Writers! Paper Lantern Writers are “a collective of Historical Fiction Writers, both published and unpublished,” whose “goal is to tell a cracking good story, using the context … Continue reading
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Tagged author, books, Cherokee Indians, Evergreen and Expectations, Fire Eater, historical fiction, history, interview, Jack, Katherine Scott Crawford, Katie Stine, Keowee Valley, Paper Lantern Writers, Q & A, Quinn, reading, Revolution, Revolutionary war, Ridge Runner, sequel, South Carolina, Southern literature, travel, upcountry, writing
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Show & Share Wednesday: What I’m Reading, Listening to, & Watching Now
Hi, friends! I sure hope y’all are hanging in there. Here we are, already in September, and our world has changed in ways not many of us (even those of us with very willing suspensions of disbelief) could have imagined. … Continue reading
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Tagged 90210, Archie, Audie Award, audiobooks, books, camp, campy, Covid-19, Dawson's Creek, Felicity, global pandemic, gothic, history, Hope Through History, Inspector Gamache, Jesmyn Ward, Jon Meacham, Jughead, Katherine Scott Crawford, Louise Penny, must see tv, podcast, podcasts, Ralph Cosham, Riverdale, show and tell, sleep, sleeplessness, Still Life, TV, Vanity Fair, Wednesday
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New favorite podcast: Hope Through History
I am listening to the podcast HOPE THROUGH HISTORY on my walks, in order to remind myself of the America I love and which is worth fighting for, but more for the reminder that there have been and will continue … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American history, apple podast, election, FDR, for love of country, Franklin Roosevelt, Great Depression, history, Hope Through History, Jon Meacham, Katherine Scott Crawford, podcast, presidency, president, presidential history, rock the vote, United States, vote
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