Category Archives: travel

Where Do You Go

Chocolate Can Kill: An Emily Harris Myster (An Emily Harris Mystery) (Volume 1) by Annie Acorn Also available in print, at Amazon UK and Smashwords, and for SonyReader, Kobo, Diesel, Apple, and NOOK! When summer is almost over, and the … Continue reading

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Traveling Girl

Chocolate Can Kill (Emily Harris Mysteries) by Annie Acorn Also available in print, at Amazon UK and Smashwords, and for SonyReader, Kobo, Diesel, Apple, and NOOK! Throughout much of my life, summer has meant two things – school was not … Continue reading

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A Tired Older Woman Does PT

A Tired Older Woman: Loses Weight and Keeps It Off! by Annie Acorn. Well, I guess it comes to us all in the end – the dreaded PT – Physical Therapy. All of my life, I have felt a great … Continue reading

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Thanksgiving Angels

One More Christmas Past (Annie Acorn’s Christmas) by Annie Acorn “Thanksgiving angels?”  I can hear you all saying it, but believe me, they’re real.  Unfortunately, though, I’m getting ahead of myself, because this story started way back in August… It … Continue reading

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Three Signs of Fall

On the Road by Annie Acorn Also available for Nook. Okay, I admit it.  Fall is my favorite time of the year. In my mind I always start it early with back to school, obviously a holdover from my childhood … Continue reading

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Death and Food and Southern Families

One Last Gift To Go (Annie Acorn’s Christmas) Also available for Nook! This past June marked the eighth anniversary of my move to Maryland from my home in the deep South – long enough to have adjusted to my new … Continue reading

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The Ten Things That Went Wrong

As those of you who follow me regularly know, I spent last weekend in Birmingham, where I addressed the Birmingham Area Writers’ Group during their summer writers’ retreat and met with the southern contingent of From Women’s Pens.  In addition, … Continue reading

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Road Trip Part II

Two years later, we headed out west, first going north to Chicago, where my father was born.  Here Dad took numerous pictures, only to discover later that he had failed to remove the camera’s lens cap. Besides the almost unimaginable … Continue reading

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Road Trip Part I

On August 19, I will be flying to Birmingham, where I will address the BWWG during their annual summer retreat and meet with the southern contingent of From Women’s Pens re final touches to be put on our 2011 Christmas … Continue reading

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Father Learns To Swim

I was born in the Midwest and spent most of my childhood in East Tennessee, and yet, all of my life, I have been drawn to the sea. Perhaps, this is because one of my earliest travel memories is a … Continue reading

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