by Nancy Herkness | Apr 23, 2013 | Country Roads, Home, Take Me Home, Uncategorized, West Virginia
You may have noticed that my book titles are borrowed from the lyrics of John Denver’s famous song about West Virginia “Take Me Home, Country Roads.” What you may not know—I didn’t!—is that there was originally one more verse that the lyricist Taffy Nivert Danoff and...
by Nancy Herkness | Apr 16, 2013 | Adventures, Home, Take Me Home, travel, Uncategorized, West Virginia
I was visiting my folks in my hometown of Lewisburg, West Virginia, when–serendipity!–I discovered they were holding the Seventh Annual Chocolate Festival. Since I am an unrepentant chocoholic, I insisted my husband accompany me to check it out. There was...
by Nancy Herkness | Feb 5, 2013 | Books, Home, Take Me Home, Uncategorized, West Virginia
Yup, my book is representing my home state of West Virginia (Go, Mountaineers!) on Amazon’s map of 50 Great American Love Stories. I am so honored to be chosen for the job and a little overawed by some of my fellow authors on the map: me and Margaret Mitchell...
by Nancy Herkness | Jan 23, 2013 | Books, Home, Uncategorized, writing
Now you can find out what MY office looks like, at least. Norah Wilson has a fun blog feature called Workspace Wednesday where she asks fellow authors to reveal their true environments. Come find out more about mine at: bit.ly/Xzjwis. There are photos and commentary...
by Nancy Herkness | Jun 6, 2011 | Home, Uncategorized
Now that it finally has stopped raining for a few days, I can see the benefit of having a stormy spring: my flowers are blossoming like nobody’s business. They’re like me: so happy to see sunshine that they are exploding with joy. Here’s my...
by Nancy Herkness | May 30, 2011 | holidays, Home, Marching band, Uncategorized
You know me: I’m a big believer in Memorial Day. It used to be just a day off for a cookout. Now I find myself more and more thinking about what the holiday is really for: remembering the brave people who have given their lives in the service of their...