by graphixchix | Nov 7, 2022
Let’s continue to celebrate Native American Heritage month. If you have read “Porch Music” you know that the story tells of a Seminole doll named Bettie. Betty is my mom’s name, and the book is dedicated to her, but here is another reason I...
by graphixchix | Nov 1, 2022
It’s Tidbit Tuesday and the first day of Native American Heritage Month. Although Porch Music is fiction, it contains some of my mother’s memories through the eyes of Janie. Our family’s Native American heritage and preserving my own memories of...
by graphixchix | Oct 25, 2022
If you could sit on the porch with anyone today, whom would you choose? For now, I will sit with Ma. You can meet her in the pages of Porch Music.
by graphixchix | Oct 25, 2022
How about I share a “song” I wrote for Porch Music? The prologue sets the stage for the rural setting, the early 1950s, and the music that was popular at the time. We learn quite a bit from the narrator, Janie, about her family and the way she sees the...
by graphixchix | Oct 25, 2022
Do you judge a book by its cover? The metaphor became an adage long ago, reminding people to look beneath a surface, to consider a hidden story. But when I shop for books, the cover is what grabs my attention. I am grateful for compliments on Porch Music’s...
