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Quick! Let’s play a game!

May 16, 2023 By Tamera Alexander

Happy Tuesday all! It's time to play, "What are the last four items you've ordered on Amazon—and would you recommend them?" Disclaimer: If you've recently ordered something that's either really personal or simply not appropriate to share publicly, then you REALLY HAVE to share it! It's the game, after all! ; ) Okay, I'll go first. And I'll admit up front that there's a strikingly … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry, Family, Friendship, House and home Tagged With: Tamera Alexander

Godly Friends

May 5, 2023 By Robin Lee Hatcher

I sometimes envy women (whether real or in the novels I read or movies I see) who have had the same best friend(s) since high school or junior high or even elementary school. My closest friends from my school days moved away early in our lives (our late teens and early twenties), and time and circumstances eventually caused broken connections. The lack of email or texts or social media didn’t help … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Friendship

WOW Book Club from Morris, AL is (was) in the house!

April 18, 2023 By Tamera Alexander

Last week, I had the absolute JOY of meeting with the WOW (Women of the Word) Book Club from Enon Baptist in Morris, Alabama on location at Carnton in Franklin, which is the setting of all my Carnton novels. Barbara Wiginton, their fearless and fabulous leader, reached out and asked if I could meet them for a brief visit after they toured Carnton, and I'm thrilled that our schedules … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry, Friendship, History

2023 Bloom Conference at Harding University

February 21, 2023 By Tamera Alexander

Exactly 40 years ago this spring in 1983, I graduated from Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas, which made speaking at this year's Bloom Conference this past weekend even more special. Talk about a come-full-circle moment. Author Serena Miller and I co-keynoted together and it was such a pleasure to meet her. Here are some glimpses from a very busy, but fun weekend . . . It was a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry, Faith, Family, Friendship, Writing Tagged With: Conference, Harding University, Serena Miller, Tamera Alexander

Grieving . . . with hope

December 6, 2022 By Tamera Alexander

This isn't the post I'd planned to share today. I consider it a blessing that I was able to write stories about Belle Meade Plantation here in Nashville, and today at Belle Meade we'll be celebrating the life of a man who was very instrumental in me writing those stories. Alton Kelley, the former President of the Belle Meade Historic Site and Winery, died December 2 after a brief illness at the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry, Faith, Family, Friendship, History

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