Carrying Our Stories
Recently, I learned to pack a mule…My interest in mule packing began when I read about the packhorse librarians who carried books into remote areas of Eastern Kentucky during the Great Depression.
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Author | Children's books
Developmental Editor | Moody Publishers
Made for Resurrection
Learning more about the ecological impact of Helene on western NC (beyond the debris-littered landscape) was now to be part of my education as a Blue Ridge naturalist. I sat in the classroom wondering how prepared I was for additional bullet points and alarming statistics. How would any of us, already sitting more quietly than usual, separate the science from the heartache…
Read MoreWelcoming Winter As a Sabbath
I have two memories of snow that stick in my mind like individual snowflakes to window glass, their intricacies blatantly announcing both God’s mathematical genius and His ability to condense the universe into a tiny, faceted jewel. (Or the Savior into a newborn.) …
Read MoreFaithful with Leaf and Bird and Boy
Each heavy rain sets everyone on edge. Since the floods, the towering trees, the still-under-repair mountain roads, and the compromised bridges beneath our cars and tractors and feet feel fragile, like clay models built by a boy dreaming of other lands…
Read MoreThe Botany of Faith–What chloroplasts teach me about eternity
What does nature tell us about tragedy and recompense? About eternity? About God?
Read MoreBig Book Release Giveaway
It’s nearly time for the BIG GIVEAWAY to celebrate the August 5 release of Jack and the Red Giant, book 6 in the Tree Street Kids series for kids 8-12.
Read MoreThe Generosity of Crows and Old Women
Amanda Cleary Eastep I never know what may meet me over the mountain in the morning. It isn’t the crows anymore—just the sunrise. Maybe a sliver of yellow light between the bluish peaks and the gray clouds until it’s shoved back by January’s insistence on muted greens and rusts and blacks. Maybe an orange and […]
Read MoreAmazed by Stories of Story
Two things that inspired the writing of my third book in the Tree Street Kids series for kids 8-12 (Moody Publishers) were historic efforts to reach people who didn’t have easy access to books.
Read MoreWhen the Flood Carried Kindness
The western North Carolina floodwaters had receded enough for my husband to make it to the town nearest our “holler.” There, he gathered with others at the local radio station, all desperate for any Wi-Fi connection that might enable them to get word to family and friends that they were alive and safe.
Read MorePack Horse Librarians Deliver Hope
Why do kids in western North Carolina need books when they don’t have drinkable water? It was hard not to wonder this…
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Amanda Cleary Eastep 