Despite having been an avid reader for most of my life, it has only been recently that I've joined a formal book club.  Last year, I was talking with one of my closest friends, who is also a bibliophile, and she mentioned she would like to form a book club. So we each invited a few friends, picked a book to read, and met at a brewery on Main Street. We read a book called Big Stone Gap  by Adriana Trigiani. It's based on the real town of Big Stone Gap, Virginia, which isn't to

I’m tired of people saying Lynchburg is boring.  Just in the past month, I’ve enjoyed an excellent community theater production of Newsies; a concert from the Vitamin String Quartet; a fall festival with two corn mazes, a tractor ride, and a pumpkin patch; rave bingo; a hike through rolling hills and pastoral views; and an excellent meal at an authentic Peruvian restaurant. And these are just the highlights.  No matter where you live, there is joy and excitement to be found.

Monday, September 1, 2025 My heart is bursting with gratitude.  I woke this morning without an alarm—my body rising on its own around...

Last weekend, I had the pleasure of presenting on email marketing for authors at the Virginia Writers Club (VWC) Annual Symposium. Over...