Hello, I’m Lynne

an urban Appalachian author writing about life at Mid-Century and beyond, food and recipes, writing craft, and more recently fiction stories that give flight to the stories in my head.

Lynne’s Books

Letters to My Son: Reflections of Urban Appalachia at Mid Century

Letters to My Son: Reflections of Urban Appalachia at Mid Century

Breaching the Chrysler Building

Mid-Century Recipes from Cocktails to Comfort Food

Writers on Writing: Daily Inspiration for Writers

The View From My Cup: Musings of a (Coffee) Drinker

Looking Back at Charleston

Praise for Letters to My Son – Reflections on Urban Appalachia at Mid-Century: “This little gem nostalgically reveals the other side of growing up in Appalachia – the urban side. It’s a story worth reading.”

— Carter Taylor Seaton

“No! Try not. Do. Or do not. There is no try.”

— Yoda

“Many people hear voices when no one is there. Some of them are called mad and are shut up in rooms where they stare at the walls all day. Others are called writers and they do pretty much the same thing.”

— Margaret Chittenden

Latest Blogs

The view from my cup – fountain pens

The view from my cup – fountain pens

The view from my cup…fountain pens. Last year, a friend told me about a great deal she got online for fountain pens in different ink colors. A gob of them for just $20! Santa brought me a box for...

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The View from My Cup…the coffee bar

The View from My Cup…the coffee bar

  The view from my cup…the coffee bar for National Coffee Day! Honestly, it should be a crime to love coffee as we do. We have bags of coffee in a wide assortment of flavors. Let me clarify,...

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The View from My Cup…Caladiums

The View from My Cup…Caladiums

The view from my cup…Caladiums, summer’s showy foliage. I plant them every year, and they never disappoint. The hardest thing about planting them is finding them. Most box stores are overflowing...

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