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
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 – a guest post by author Carter Taylor Seaton
The view from my cup looks like infinity. Or reincarnation. I’m not going all Stephen Hawking here or channeling my inner Shirley McClain, but bear with me. While no one can prove or disprove...
The View From My Cup on Mother’s Day 2019
The view from my cup…a sign that brought back memories flooding back of my son when he was a little boy. One day, when we lived in Pennsylvania, his dad and I were discussing where to eat dinner....
The View From My Cup – by guest author S.G. Redling
Maybe this isn’t the typical ‘Spring in the Garden’ photo but it speaks volumes for me. Dare I say it is fraught with symbolism? It’s a picture of the sunrise behind my old garage which I haven’t...
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