Amy Clark Spain

Mar 18, 20204 min read

Vintage Typewriters and Tom Hanks

"How strange to remember typewriters, with their jammed keys and snarled ribbons and the smudgy carbon paper for copies." Margaret Atwood...

Amy Clark Spain

Jan 4, 20201 min read

Book Giveaway!

I'm excited to be giving a lucky reader this beautiful hardback copy of Southernmost by Silas House! We're heading to Key West soon and...

Amy Clark Spain

Jan 3, 20202 min read

A 2020 Vision Board

Author Adriana Trigiani, a Big Stone Gap native who writes and publishes about one bestseller a year, recommends it: a board filled with...

Amy Clark Spain

Nov 17, 20193 min read

The Edgar Allen Poe House in Baltimore

There are two places I always look for when I visit cities: an interesting graveyard and a literary site. The Poe house in Baltimore and his

Amy Clark Spain

Nov 12, 20191 min read

DIY Paper Roses from Upcycled Book Pages

Amy Clark Spain

Nov 4, 20194 min read

Ten of the Best Chemo Care Package Gifts

The season of giving is officially underway. I often get questions from people who are putting together gift baskets for friends and...

Amy Clark Spain

Oct 17, 20194 min read

Salem, MA: the Walkable "Witch City"

We’ve been to Salem, Massachussetts (the “witch city”) twice (we took the train from Boston), and because it’s a place we love (and a...

Amy Clark Spain

Oct 12, 20193 min read

Tips for Quick Trip Travel Deals

Tips and Tricks for Quick Trip Travel Deals

Amy Clark Spain

Oct 2, 20194 min read

The Blackburn Inn

As the saying goes, when one door closes, another opens. In our case, when all the hotels are full because of a university home football...

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