I discovered this painting (left) while working on my manuscript, working title: Beth Bettencourt. (I added the name next to it.) The book is set in 1962, during our time of Camelot, in my fictional Southern town of Bynum, Georgia. Bynum is not a real town but is based on my hometown of Sylvania, Georgia. […]
Most Mornings
Most mornings I wake at 6:30. Not because I want to, but because I set an alarm and that’s when it goes off. Stupid alarm. Sometimes I hit snooze. Okay. Most times I hit snooze. Five minutes. I just need five more minutes. By 6:40, I’m up, the coffee is grinding, and I’m preparing my […]
The Story Behind the Picture: Mother and Mickey
The Story Behind the Picture: In early 2008, Mother mentioned that she had always wanted to go to Disney World. The fact that I lived so close by gave me the perfect opportunity to get tickets. Then, I attended an event where I won two all-day passes to any Disney Park. I called Mother on […]
Lessons Learned in Ireland: Day Two-Connemara
After a fairly sleepless night in Galway, Clare and I woke to a delicious breakfast at The Sliding Rock Inn. Afterward, we went upstairs, packed up, and then headed out to meet Clare’s “baby brother” (he’s 23) at a convenience store a few blocks away. The weather was gloomy–cold and rainy–which did not fit with […]
Lessons Learned in Ireland: Day One–Tipperary
I went to Ireland for the first time in 2019 and left with a plan to return two years later. Of course, that didn’t happen, COVID being what it was . . . But when world returned to something akin to normal, a plan was hatched. Before I get into the second trip, let me […]
The Story Behind the Picture: Rachel’s Tomb
Eva Marie Everson The day had been perfectly perfect. My coauthor, Miriam Feinberg Vamosh, and I had busied ourselves around the city of Jerusalem, hitting landmarks, historical locations, and a few shops. As we neared the noon hour, Miriam made a casual comment concerning Rachel’s Tomb, located on the outskirts of Bethlehem, separated by the […]
The Story Behind the Picture: Old First Church, Bennington, VT
Our grandson and his girlfriend announced their engagement. We couldn’t have been more thrilled. Then they announced their engagement party which would precede the wedding by about two years. Kids today. The party would be held at the Albany Pump Station (Brewery & Restaurant). In New York. State. Almost an entire eastern seaboard from Orlando, […]
The Story Behind the Picture: Tel Hazor, Israel
by Eva Marie Everson On a crisp September morning in 2001, I stood beside my husband in the middle of 5th Avenue, New York City, as a plume of smoke rose to the south. We were both in shock; the morning’s events were beyond anything we could have imagined would happen to us during our […]