Odds & Ins
Have you ever been excited to meet a friend for coffee and then when you got together, you couldn’t decide what to share first? Well, that’s me today. I’ve got…
Recipes
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Ten things I’m loving right now!
I love having my furniture back in my house. Joe and I recently downsized from a house—to a townhouse. I’m tellin’ ya, downsizing at this stage of life is not…
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A Christmas Recipe
I don’t do a lot of holiday baking, but there are certain family favorites that make an appearance every year. Last week, I made a batch of shortbread cookies in…
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LCGF Favs & GIVEAWAY
When you love something you just have to share it, right? And I love eating Keto (low carb gluten free). Here’s why: I can still eat the things I love while…
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Celebrating A Note Yet Unsung Release
In celebration of my newest release, A Note Yet Unsung, my publisher and I are hosting a fabulous giveaway that I hope you’ll enter—and then share with your reader buddies. enter the giveaway more…
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Thankful for Readers! (And a giveaway)
One week from today, I’ll be at my mom’s house, surrounded by family, enjoying turkey, dressing, candied yams, cranberry sauce, and all the other wonderful dinner trimmings that go along…
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New bakeware (aka: cheap thrills)
Y’all already know I love to bake. But I gotta tell ya… Since I moved to a low carb/gluten-free lifestyle, I am having a blast with baking with almond flour,…
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A few of my favorite low carb things
I am LOVING this newly adapted low carb lifestyle! I’d been considering cutting back on carbs for a while—which represents a huge decision for this Carb Queen. But the timing never…
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New covers and old pies
A cover—and pie recipe—reveal! I’m thrilled to share my next cover with you guys. A Note Yet Unsung, the third Belmont Mansion novel, releases in January 2017. So what do you…
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Banoffee Pie: A Slice of British Life
I am racing to finish revisions on my next novel set in England, and so my mind naturally goes to…dessert. Banoffee pie is a popular dessert in Great Britain….
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Where Do You Find Your Recipes?
At best, I’m an adequate cook. I can follow a recipe proficiently. But I can’t improvise and definitely can’t create recipes of my own. Also, I only enjoy making things…
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When private love letters…aren’t so private anymore
My Darling Wife… On his thirty-third birthday in 1868, General William Hicks Jackson proposed marriage to Selene Harding, granddaughter of the founder of Belle Meade Plantation in Nashville (the setting…