An American Reflects on Life in Peru . . . and in America
Ollantaytambo, in the Andes between Cusco and Macchu Pichu My son Brendan and his wife, Erin, have lived in the Peruvian Andes for twelve years, working as missionaries among the Quechua people. (For their website, see https://sites.google.com/site/peruconnallys/. To...
Dentistry and Caring at 13,000 Feet
Earlier this year I wrote in this blog about Peru (https://conniehamptonconnally.com/a-trip-to-the-peruvian-amazon-part-1/https://conniehamptonconnally.com/a-trip-to-the-peruvian-amazon-part-ii/ https://conniehamptonconnally.com/peru-and-its-children/), where my son...A Do-It-Yourself Writing Retreat
It’s marvelous what a good literary friendship can do. A few years back, when I was fiction editor for a small literary magazine, I accepted an excellent short story submission titled “The Man Who Wore Violets.” The piece was closely based on the extradition of Nazi...
Alisa Weis: Telling Stories of History and Heart
One of the things I love about being a writer is interacting with other writers and supporting their work. (See my previous post about Mary VanderGoot.) In the last year or so I’ve enjoyed getting to know Alisa Weis. She has written two historically based novels set...
Welcome!
I am a writer who loves good music and good stories. It’s been my privilege to combine these loves by writing fiction that honors the creation of beauty, even in the bleakest of circumstances, through the creation of music. Writing has also led me to a deep interest in the recent history of central and eastern Europe.
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