chrissie anderson peters
Appalachian Author
Chrissie Anderson Peters is a Southwest Virginia native and the author of three books: Dog Days and Dragonflies, Running From Crazy, and Blue Ridge Christmas. Her writing can also be found in Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel, The Mildred Haun Review, Still: The Journal, and Clinch Mountain Review, among other publications. Chrissie is currently at work on her fourth book, which is tentatively titled Chasing After Rainbows.
I’ve been writing almost as long as I’ve been reading. Words have always been a comfort and a strength…
Recent Writing
Duran Duran for the New Year
As most of you know, I have not been so much into Duran Duran in 2022. But tonight, they were on Dick Clark’s Rockin’ New Year’s Eve. (Why do they insist upon continuing to call it that when Dick Clark has been dead and gone for a decade now? We all know who Ryan...
My Top Thirteen Moments of 2022
13) Plantation Tour in Jamaica on Cruise with Lynne Bishop. It was a fun-tastic day with lots of culture, beauty, and laughter along the way. 12) Taking Kandy to IKEA for the first time! Epic fun with my fantabulous friend! 11) Mildred Haun Conference – first...
My “Old Long Since”
Even as a child, I cried when I heard the song, “Auld Lang Syne.” As an adult, I chalk it up to knowing that there is within me, life from literally that sense of “Old Long Since,” a time long gone by, from Scotland, who always knew and comprehended the meaning of...