Why do the Amish dress plain?
The Amish choose, in a sense, to wear a uniform every day. No closets stuffed with frilly clothes and high heels. Just the opposite; humility and modesty are essential. They do their best to avoid appearing pretentious or in competition with others. Within the many...Ohio’s Role during the American Civil War | Guest Post by Mary Ellis
While preparing to write The Quaker and the Rebel, book one of my Civil War series of romances, I was pleasantly surprised to discover Ohio’s pivotal role. Being a northern and decidedly “Yankee” state, Ohio provided a multitude of soldiers and officers to the Union...The Intrepid Amish
? This early snow in Lancaster County caught us by surprise a couple of years ago Last week, as I listened to weather reports for most of the nation, I cringed. Much of the country was blanketed in white and brutally cold. At times like this I think of the Amish and...A SMART Start to 2014 | Guest Blogger Gigi Devine Murfitt
Thank you, Kate, for allowing me to guest blog on your website. I appreciate the opportunity for me to share at the start of a brand new year. I hope I can encourage your readers as we embark upon 2014 with fresh hopes and dreams. We are already one week into the New...White-out
A glimpse of the Cascade Mountains through the fog Hurray, a weekend getaway for my husband and me. But we awoke our first morning in a fog. Quite literally: enveloped in a dense white cloud. Our beach cabin was socked in, what pilots call zero visibility. Slowly, the...
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.