Kate's Blog
Emulating the Amish
After several turbulent gusts of late afternoon wind, our electricity blinked out at our beach cabin for fourteen hours, moments after my husband had emptied a can of chili into a pan and turned on the stovetop. Soon an icy shroud descended on our outdated...
Win a Bill Coleman Matted Print AND a Copy of ‘Pennsylvania Patchwork’ (Plus a Winner Announced)
“At Mother’s Knee” a 16” X 20” Bill Coleman matted print! Bill Coleman is my favorite photographer of the Amish. I was thrilled when my publisher, David C Cook, purchased one of Bill’s marvelous images for the cover of my soon-to-be-released Amish novel, Pennsylvania...
A Few Photos for Your Weekend
I hope you all have a relaxing weekend and can sit back and just watch the view. I'm wishing my son would make another pie like this one he made last year! He's a much better chef than I am! A trip to Zook's Fabric Shop is in order! You can read more about Zook's...
Tour Zook’s Fabric Shop | Guest Post by Sandy Jenkins
Welcome to the Village of Intercourse, PA, where many businesses are closed on Sunday and the two beliefs still held to be most important are family and religion. The Village was originally founded in 1754 under the name of Cross Keys after a tavern in the area. Then,...
Win an Amish Quilted Wallhanging AND a Bonus!
This is the actual quilt you could win! I love quilts! I remember first being drawn to a magnificent hand-stitched Amish quilt on display in the Quilt Museum in The Old Country Store in Intercourse, PA, a couple years ago. I was filled with longing for the quilt, but...
A Few Photos for Your Weekend
I've been told these are the dolls of our grandparents' era. Anyone know? I think they're darling! How cute is this little pony? I hope you all have a wonderful weekend! Don't forget to enter Leslie Gould's giveaway!
Shakespeare + Amish = Adoring Addie | Guest Post by Leslie Gould (Plus a Giveaway)
I’ve been a fan of Shakespeare since I was a little girl, listening to recordings of his plays with my mother as she cleaned the house. I didn’t understand the plots, but I loved the cadence of the words. I saw my first play in elementary school and loved it, and went...
Writer’s Block
Amidst a sermon recently, our pastor slipped in the words: writer’s block. My spine straightened. We have a large congregation, so he couldn’t be referring to me, could he? No, his vision scanned the many heads; he was talking about all of us striving to be perfect,...
About Kate
Kate Lloyd is a novelist and a passionate observer of human relationships. A native of Baltimore, MD, she and her husband live in Seattle the setting of several of her novels. She lived in Rome and studied Italian in college. Kate has worked a variety of jobs, including car salesman and restaurateur.