My mother gardened all her life. It was one of her great loves, next to family, God, and country. Because she grew up during the Depression, she learned to use every last item from her garden for canning, preserving, drying or pickling. Every year at the end of the green bean season she made leather britches, dried beans that would keep for the winter. These were the last beans hanging on the vines. The beans inside had grown to full size with outsides a bit withered. They were beyond the stage to can or preserve, or even to pickle. Although her fried pickled green beans and corn bread were the best in the world. (Well, next to her biscuits and fried apples.) Mother started the drying process with clean beans. She would spread a clean white sheet on a table in the wash room and spread the beans out on that, giving them space to dry. Sometime she would carry the sheet outside and put them on a table in the sun to further the process. The next step involved needle and thread ...
You look great! Good to see you signing "Vada Faith" -- I enjoyed reading it very much...
ReplyDeleteHi Barbara! Glad you had a good time. Tamarack is a very unique place to visit.
ReplyDeleteSo happy to hear you enjoyed reading VF.
ReplyDeleteAnd Janet I did have a great time.
Thanks for commenting, both of you!
I'm having trouble getting comments and/or readers
Wow, you sure were decked out for that signing... looking good! I have FINALLY started reading your book. (I bought it right after it launched.) So far, I'm really enjoying it.
ReplyDeleteAs far as having trouble getting readers/comments, I think most bloggers, especially if they follow a lot of blogs, have to prioritize and to some extent, end up limiting their interaction to those bloggers who visit THEIR blog and leave comments. Have you been visiting other blogs and leaving comments? I wish there were an easier way to up your readership and comments, but if there is one, I don't know what it is. (Get famous, maybe?)
Barb, you look very successful author-ish! Did you buy something new, or go with what you already had? As for getting readers and comments, it takes time to build readership. There are classes you can take to learn about how to drive more readers to your site. I've never tried it, just keep on writing and enjoying those who do come by. I'll add you to my blogroll and that might bring a few more people your way.
ReplyDeleteYep, got something new. Since I've been retired my wardrobe has only jeans and shirts! So it was necessary.
ReplyDeleteThanks for adding me to your blogroll. Blessings.
Hi Barb! I started to comment, then it disappeared! Hope this one makes it....You look fabulous signing books..very professional! Hope your Christmas was good and I hope your hubby is doing OK and all goes well with his pacemaker. Enjoy the weekend and have great success in 2013 with your writing. If you want to increase followers, go to the blog on my sidebar called: 2BagsFull and check our her blog party to get people to your blog. You would probably have alot of writers interested in visiting you. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteHow exciting to be signing your book! Best wishes for a healthy and happy New Year! (And lots of book sales!)
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