Pin Drops & Paper Trails

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I read. I travel. I write.

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Sunset view at Joshua Tree National Park

When I read, I travel. Some days, I actually leave home. Those are the days I write about.

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Photo of author at overlook on Wheeler Peak Scenic Drive in Great Basin National Park
Author in front of Rippa Villa in Spring Hill, Tennessee
On the Photo Trail in Red Canyon- Dixie National Forest in Panguitch, Utah

My adventures run the gamut from grand experiences in America’s National Parks to weekend-warrior discoveries in my own backyard. Along for the ride are the books that inspire me to travel to new places or delve deeper when I come home. These are my travels and the books that accompany me.

What I’m Reading

The Journey and Sojourn of The William Bowen Family of Mansker's Creek by Anne Cato Sowell

If you’ve read my post, Yulefest at Historic Mansker’s Station in TN, you’ve seen reference to The Bowen House before. I recently got the chance to see inside The Bowen House a second time during Mansker Station’s annual Heritage Days event. Afterward, I searched for a book about the history of the home and the family who built it. I found this short account, The Journey and Sojourn of The William Bowen Family of Mansker’s Creek in the Goodlettsville Visitor Center gift shop. Talk about interesting! Be looking for my post about Heritage Days soon and visit Mansker’s Station if you have the chance.

*This book is exactly the type I would love to see Beth, the docent at Octagon Hall in Franklin, Kentucky write. For more about that unusual historic home just 40 miles (64 km) from Mansker’s Station, check out my post Octagon Hall in Franklin, KY- This Place is a Freak Fest!

Where I’m Traveling

Sleeping Bear Dunes and Pictured Rocks National Lakeshores in

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What I’m Writing