Sunday Post: After the Storm

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Thank you to @CaffeinatedReviewer for hosting Sunday Post.

Hurricane Helene hit on September 27th, so it’s been 9 days. We did not get the worst of it. We just got a lot of rain, and while there was flooding in town, we were not flooded at our house, which is about a 10-minute drive from town. Since we are in Western NC, we are very fortunate. Other towns to the east of us were decimated and still do not have power, cell service, or internet. I’ve been blessed to see so many people in this area volunteering and donating to help the other towns, and I’ve seen a lot of churches step up. Our church and many other churches have donated to relief efforts with time and money.

Elon Musk has also been personally flying in Starlink equipment to affected towns. It’s been gratifying to see, but there is still a lot of work to be done.

In our area, Darnell Farms, which is a popular tourist destination and a favorite place for family fun, was flooded and lost $50,000 worth of strawberry plants. They also had a lot of property/building damage and might have missed the Fall season if not for the generosity of others. Fall is their biggest season and losing the income from that would have been devastating. They started a GoFundMe, and there was a big response, so now they are using some of the money to help other towns.

Darnell Farms Facebook Page.

This is Darnell Farms right after Helene came through.

I’ve been watching people help each other, and I feel so proud of the people in this area.

My blogging should increase now. The retirement, moving, and storm delays are over for now. I have some reviews in process.

I have been working hard for The Historical Novel Society as a volunteer reviewer, was a temporary Indies Editor, and now I’m a permanent small press editor for them. I have a lot of reviews coming out in November and I will share them here.

THIS WEEK ON BONNIE READS AND WRITES

I’m doing reviews of the following books:

I’m excited about getting back to blogging more often! I’ve missed you all.

How was your week?

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I love to read and write book reviews in my free time. I review advance review copies of books on Netgalley for various publishers. I am also a reviewer for Historical Novels Review Magazine, the magazine of the Historical Novel Society. I review books from publishers of all size, large to small. I have a special place in my heart for indie authors. I will sometimes post a little writing that I might dabble in occasionally. I also am lucky enough to live in the Smoky Mountains, so I'll be sharing photos of the beauty around me from time to time.

19 thoughts on “Sunday Post: After the Storm”

  3. It’s good news that you weren’t put through too much damage. For a while the weather forecast was thinking that tropical depression would come up here, but it didn’t.

    1. Thank you. We had one come through here in 1916, in fact there is a picture someone took of a sign commemorating the 1916 storm that had been knocked down by Hurricane Helene. So it doesn’t happen here often, but it does happen.

  7. I’m relieved to hear that your area came through Helene relatively unscathed. Thank goodness for the kindness of strangers! I spent last week playing catch-up with writing-related tasks, although I still need to start catching up on book reviews.

    1. Darnell Farms is rebuilding, and they are moving their strawberry field, hopefully further from the river. They have a lot of Fall family activities, like hay rides and haunted corn mazes, so I hope that can continue.

  9. I’m happy to hear that you are doing okay Bonnie. How wonderful that so many people are stepping up to help others. Such a devastating event that affected so many. I am looking forward to reading and/or listening to The Mirror.

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