Barbara C. Rowe's Blog, page 30
January 7, 2014
January 3, 2014
"You must be from the city!" Sales at astronomical rate.
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Jefferson Post
West Jefferson, N.C.
Former Ashe resident dedicates novel to county
by Will Petty Staff Writer jpetty@civitasmedia.com
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Barbara C. Rowe was always a writer, even when she lived in the Ashe County countryside under the name of Barbara Shepherd Ryan.
“As a teenager I wrote song lyrics, so (writing) came easily for me, to express myself in poetic verse,” Rowe said.
“You must be from the city!” Sales at astronomical rate.
Jefferson Post
West Jefferson, N.C.
Former Ashe resident dedicates novel to county
by Will Petty Staff Writer jpetty@civitasmedia.com
4 days 12 hours ago |1643 Views | 0 Comments | |
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Barbara C. RoweBarbara C. Rowe was always a writer, even when she lived in the Ashe County countryside under the name of Barbara Shepherd Ryan.
“As a teenager I wrote song lyrics, so (writing) came easily for me, to express myself in poetic verse,” Rowe said. “The inspiration for me was venting in an artistic matter. I had to vent all of those emotions, so I just started writing.”
Now, Rowe has dedicated one of her more recent novels, “You Must be From the City,” to the people of Ashe County.
“People are more laid back there, you can be a new person that everybody knows,” Rowe who now lives south of Lubbock, Texas said. “People in Ashe County are more cordial. Everything is about family, God and neighbors.”
The stories in “You Must be From the City,” are a series of short stories that focus on Rowe’s time living in the area. Rowe writes about keeping slugs out of her garden by using beer, roasting chestnuts during the winter and being chased by a bull.
Rowe said she has never driven fast on country roads, so when she saw what she believed to be a cow in the middle of the road between Wilkesboro and Jefferson, she decided to “shoo” it off the road.
“I was trying to shoo this cow and it started chasing me,” she said. “I ran up these ladies’ steps and knocked on the door asking if I could call somebody because a cow was chasing me. I guess they probably knew it was a bull, because they slammed the door.”
In her book, the story of the raging bull is called “Good Samaritan.” The story had taken place two years after her husband passed away and she was moving back to the county from Wilkesboro.
During her time in West Jefferson, Rowe also worked as a painter. She had an art gallery above Cutter’s Edge downtown and taught classes.
After the passing of her husband, Rowe gave up painting and focused solely on writing.
“I had stopped painting,” she said. “I just could not paint anymore for some reason, so I vented in another form.
The author of several books, Rowe plans to release an additional five books in 2014 including children’s books and romance novels. Her novel about Ashe County, though, was one where she wanted to invoke an emotion of happiness.
“If somebody had a really lousy day, I want them to be able to open that book and laugh,” she said. “I hope I have succeeded, and so far I think I have.”
For more information on how to order the book, go to http://www.barbaracroweauthor.wordpress.com or Amazon.com.
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December 22, 2013
Old Days of Christmas
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You think this beautiful scene would be a place in the past......but it still is like that back home in North Carolina. I came from the Blue Ridge Mountains, where people still stick close to old values. At Christmas time people are making real Christmas wreaths and roping. Some go in the woods and cut their trees, but most buy one.
Old Days of Christmas
You think this beautiful scene would be a place in the past……but it still is like that back home in North Carolina. I came from the Blue Ridge Mountains, where people still stick close to old values. At Christmas time people are making real Christmas wreaths and roping. Some go in the woods and cut their trees, but most buy one. Ashe County, N.C. is where Christmas tree farms are everywhere. Right now I am certain it looks like a wonderland, just like on a hallmark card. I miss the beauty and the wonderful people. Neighbors are delivering goodies they have baked for their friends and family. People still go caroling. Church and family is the heart of the town and the values of their parents and grandparents.
I use to love every moment of each day spent decorating, sharing with friends and making homemade presents for many. The little things seemed more important to people in the mountains. Not so much hustle and bustle. I can’t sing…AT ALL. Even my children as babies would cry when I sang to them, so I go around humming instead. My children are grown with children of their own and I am not with them, but my love and my wishes ARE.
Many people find the holidays extremely hard, for one reason or another and I can understand. It is certainly not the time of year to be alone. I have my loving and truly AWESOME husband, so I am truly blessed.
I would ask of each of you to look around and see if there are neighbors or the elderly who need a little extra cheer, a unexpected visit bearing goodies. Every year I adopt a family or several people who are alone. I don’t have to know them well but that doesn’t matter. Each Thanksgiving and Christmas I deliver for a few days plates of food and baked goodies and maybe a holiday movie if they do not have cable. So my message to you is….Spread a little love around and let no-one feel they are forgotten.
I pray that each of you have family and friends around during this season, but if you do not, my love and prayers are with you and we will remember you.
Merry Christmas and many blessings to you.
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Happy Holidays "From Me to You"
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Happy Holidays
Many times we forget what this season represents or the promise it brings.
In current times it is hard to have trust in your fellow man,
as well as feeling Christmas cheer.
How many times have we heard someone say, “I can’t wait until this Christmas is over”?
We toil over decisions of gifts to purchase and how much we should spend.
Happy Holidays “From Me to You”
Happy Holidays
Many times we forget what this season represents or the promise it brings.
In current times it is hard to have trust in your fellow man,
as well as feeling Christmas cheer.
How many times have we heard someone say, “I can’t wait until this Christmas is over”?
We toil over decisions of gifts to purchase and how much we should spend.
Most of us try to value our gifts and their importance with the price.
Try to be a good neighbor, doing what is not expected of you and what you think would bring happiness and a feeling of unity.
Our children ask for so much and we try to fill all their requests.
Is this right?
In years past we were taught to give from our heart and find something of meaning to present to loved ones.
Now cards are mailed, with a signature much like an assembly line, with no personal touch.
The packages our children open are gone through so fast, that many times they don’t even know who they are from.
How many times do we just take a deep breath and make things simple?
Do the unexpected, show love where there is none, act on that which is in need of attention,
all year long, not just during the Christmas Season.
My sincerest wish for all, is to be grateful for all you have at this moment and all that God has promised.
I hope that we remember the simple things in life which bring us the most joy.
Remembering and honoring the birth of our Savoir should be our first priority.
I pray, along with the excitement that our children have over the tradition of Santa Clause, we teach them of the abundant love and the promise that the birth of Jesus brings.
God Bless You From: Ed {Pan} & Barbara Rowe
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