This book was a masterpiece. Although she died several years before someone coined the term “Earth Day,” and April 22 – today! – was designated an official holiday, Miss Carson is widely credited with laying the groundwork for Read More
Born to Write
A Blog by Author Amy Hill Hearth
Rachel Carson, the woman behind Earth Day
April 22, 2015
In 1962, an American marine biologist named Rachel Carson published her third book. She called it, Silent Spring.
This book was a masterpiece. Although she died several years before someone coined the term “Earth Day,” and April 22 – today! – was designated an official holiday, Miss Carson is widely credited with laying the groundwork for Read More
This book was a masterpiece. Although she died several years before someone coined the term “Earth Day,” and April 22 – today! – was designated an official holiday, Miss Carson is widely credited with laying the groundwork for Read More
In Praise of Teachers
April 10, 2015
Years ago, when daffodils first made their appearance each Spring in Columbia, South Carolina, my mother would help my sister and me gather the nicest ones from our yard.
We didn’t keep them.
We gave them away – to our teachers.
Teachers were special. That was the message we heard in big ways and Read More
We didn’t keep them.
We gave them away – to our teachers.
Teachers were special. That was the message we heard in big ways and Read More
The Last Honey Jar
March 12, 2015
My mother’s parents worked a long time, with great sacrifice, to achieve the American Dream.
They were German immigrants who came to the U.S. through Ellis Island in 1921. For thirty years, they worked in difficult, dangerous jobs in clothing factories. Grandpa, who had been trained as a mason, also took brick-laying jobs including the building of towering smoke stacks in New York and Chicago.
Finally, they saved enough money Read More
They were German immigrants who came to the U.S. through Ellis Island in 1921. For thirty years, they worked in difficult, dangerous jobs in clothing factories. Grandpa, who had been trained as a mason, also took brick-laying jobs including the building of towering smoke stacks in New York and Chicago.
Finally, they saved enough money Read More
Feeling Loved and Supported (and a Little Anxious)
March 3, 2015
September 8 used to feel like a long time in the future.
But not so much anymore.
That’s the publication date of my new novel, Miss Dreamsville and the Lost Heiress of Collier County.
The book is squarely in the production phase. Right now I am reviewing what are called “first-pass pages.” This is the first time I’m Read More
But not so much anymore.
That’s the publication date of my new novel, Miss Dreamsville and the Lost Heiress of Collier County.
The book is squarely in the production phase. Right now I am reviewing what are called “first-pass pages.” This is the first time I’m Read More
1 Comments
Musings on Black History Month, Having Our Say, and the Delany Sisters
February 12, 2015
Back in 1991 when I was a newspaper reporter and met the then-unknown Delany Sisters, the 100 and 102 year old pair of sisters insisted on being described first and foremost as American.
Yes, they were Black. Yes, they were women. And proud of it.
But “American” came first.
The same held true after my newspaper story Read More
Yes, they were Black. Yes, they were women. And proud of it.
But “American” came first.
The same held true after my newspaper story Read More