Thank you to all who have bought, borrowed, or read Burnt Pot Island.
I enjoyed about speaking to the Lions Club at the Pirates House May 1, 2025 and to all the book clubs lately. The history of Skidaway Island consists of so much drama, known and unknown. I'm available at a lunch or dinner speaker.
Night's a Shadder, Days a Shine, a prequel to Burnt Pot Island went to the publisher, Wipf and Stock on April 30th. Did you know Skidaway Island was a major player in the 40 acre and a mule experiment? 40 acres and a Lie, by Reveal, aired on Public Broadcast Stations in June and July tells part of the background story. NPR aired it again in February 2025 in response to listener interest.
My characters, Dicie and Lizzie lived on Skidaway Island through all the changes during the Civil War and Reconstruction.
Catherine earns a meager living shucking oysters in a filthy, mosquito-infested shed. Prohibition becomes law and the mayor and sheriff of nearby Savannah lure her son and daughter into rum-running on the deserted Georgia sea islands. Will voodoo and prayer be enough to protect her children when federal agents close in for a raid?
Wild Times on Skidaway Island examines choices residents make when stared down by a bald eagle, when a red-tailed hawk mistakes a golf ball for bird food, and when awakened by the clatter of hooves hitting wooden deck as a deer make a midnight snack out of newly potted flowers.
"It's never too late to discover the champion hidden within." Karen Dove Barr was a 50 year old working mother when the last of her children grew up and abandoned her. All that was left were 3 bedrooms full of furniture rejected by the Salvation Army. When she tried running a few steps her husband told her to "just walk, you are too old to run." A long distance runner was born.
