Stand at Annestown: When the Snow Falls in Tallu
Snow is a rare and magical event in the South.
In North Georgia, we see two or three snow days in most winters. Usually, it’s barely enough to cover the lawns and trees, and is gone the next day. But watching the snow fall and seeing our world blanketed in white turns brings out the silly kid in us all. When we shut down schools for an inch of snow, it draws jokes from folks who don’t understand we just like to stay home and enjoy it while it lasts.
Heart of a Chalyn opens in such a setting. In the first chapter, Stand at Annestown, Tobias is riding to meet with Percy, the Innish Governor of Annestown.
Many years ago, when I was expecting my second child, my husband and I traveled to Savannah at Christmas. His family all lives there, and I remember it as the year I spent Christmas in the hospital. And the year snow turn Savannah into a winter fairytale.
It was surreal, in the most beautiful sense of the word, driving down those oak-draped streets beneath the branches draped in both snow and Spanish moss.
The quiet and the sense of the ephemeral. As if the entire city held its collective breath, wishing the magic to stay just a little longer.
