by Nancy Herkness | Sep 16, 2013 | Adventures, travel, Uncategorized
For his 21st birthday trip, Super Son decided he wanted to go “someplace different”, so he chose Portugal. The tour he liked had two parts: Lisbon and its environs and the Douro River. So we packed our bags and took off for the country of the great...
by Nancy Herkness | Sep 4, 2013 | Books, Country Roads, Take Me Home, Uncategorized, West Virginia, Whisper Horse, writing
Join my Country Roads Launch Party on Facebook! I have prizes, special guests, trivia, and lots of fun. To accept my invitation, just click on one—or both!—of the parties below: Country Roads Afternoon Launch Party Tuesday, September 17th from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m....
by Nancy Herkness | Aug 19, 2013 | Country Roads, Take Me Home, Uncategorized, West Virginia
I walked into the post office this morning and saw my home state of West Virginia on the new stamp display (so of course I bought a sheet). It’s our 150th birthday of statehood! How pretty is this mountain sunrise?! Here’s what the U.S.P.S. has to say...
by Nancy Herkness | Aug 3, 2013 | horses, Uncategorized, Whisper Horse, writing
Why did I create the idea of a “whisper horse”, a special horse who helps my characters deal with their problems? In this article about a therapeutic riding program, Octavia Brown, the director puts it very well: “A horse never judges and it never thinks...
by Nancy Herkness | Jul 30, 2013 | Home, Uncategorized, West Virginia
Did you know the United States enforces strict limits on the placement and broadcast power of cell phone towers and other transmitters in over 13,000 square miles in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia? It’s true! Why this National Radio Quiet Zone?...