by Johnnie Alexander | Oct 31, 2014 | Authors, Books, Foreign Affaire Spotlights
Foreign Affaire: Finding Romance in Novel Places Featuring: Believe in Me by Autumn Macarthur Set in London, England Believe in Me is October’s Book of the Month on Foreign Affaires, a blog devoted to novels that take place in international (and imaginary) places....
by Johnnie Alexander | Oct 27, 2014 | Family & Friends
A friend says it’s pack rats. A cousin claims it’s Big Foot. Whatever or whoever the cause, we find perfect seashells in places where a seashell should not be. In the alpaca midden (a polite word for you-know-what). In the rabbitry. On the orchard path....
by Johnnie Alexander | Oct 23, 2014 | Authors, Treasured Moments
I stood at the edge of a cliff, staring out across the valley. The brisk air chilled my face, but the jacket I wore warmed my body. Colors danced in the wind—crimson, gold, and bright orange—heralding in the late autumn. The scenic view is stunning, almost more than...
by Johnnie Alexander | Oct 20, 2014 | Authors, Books
Story inspiration: Riding the Katy Trail My husband and I love to ride our tadpole recumbents on the Katy Trail in Missouri—the longest rails-to-trails in the nation. The trail head in New Franklin tells the story of Joseph Kinney, a steamship company owner, who had...
by Johnnie Alexander | Oct 16, 2014 | Authors, Books
Christmas at Schoenbrunn in 1773 In the wilderness of Ohio in 1773, a band of missionaries and Lenape Indians celebrated Christmas at Schoenbrunn Village, the first settlement in Ohio. They’d come to this wilderness and started the village a year earlier to preach the...
