Book Launch * The Treasure of Moonlight Ridge *

I'm so excited to announce the long-awaited arrival of book three of The Moonlight Ridge series, The Treasure of Moonlight Ridge, a surprising, almost true story, just in time for the holiday season! After rescuing a lost infant in book one, Sweet Music on Moonlight Ridge, and meeting witches on the mountain in book two, The Witches of Moonlight Ridge, in The Treasure of Moonlight Ridge the two protagonists meet a mysterious visitor in the middle of a snow storm, discover a secret code message that leads to a treasure map, and evade kidnappers as they search for hidden treasure at Christmastime on the mountain. And their intrepid fourth grade teacher, Erskine Batson, is right there with Lily Claire and Willie T. on this 'Christmas on the Mountain' adventure, along with beloved brown dog, Witch Boy, and a surprise larger-than-life visitor! Join the fun and adventure in the search for The Treasure of Moonlight Ridge. Paperback available from Amazon, or request it from your favorite local bookstore.

New Sweet Music on Moonlight Ridge book trailer!

I'm so happy to share my new Sweet Music on Moonlight Ridge book trailer! Many thanks to Barrel Rider Productions for this awesome video. Thanks to Roy Burkett and Nancy Veldman for the Sweet Music!

Sweet Music on Moonlight Ridge

Great-granddaddy W.T. Greenberry purely doted on possums. My great-grandmother, however, hated, abhorred, and despised possums, with their little beady eyes and their long old tails scraping around through the house. W.T. brought so many possums into the house that great-grandmother would open the back door and call Rich Man and Poor Man, the hunting dogs, into the house to chase the possums out, and they’d raise a ruckus all through the house, chasing possums up the draperies and under tables and up the bed posts. And Great-granddaddy W.T.? He’d grab anything he could find, a broom or a rifle or an umbrella, and go chasing the dogs and leaping over chairs and devonettes and yelling. “Run, possums, run! Run, little possums!” W.T. implored the scattering possums as he tore through the house in a state of mad panic. “Ye bastards! Ye cursed bastards! Great sons of bitches!” he bawled at the hounds, warping at the big old clumsy dogs, whacking them across their heads until they ran back out the door, whining and yelping. Then W.T. would yell out the back door, “Hounds from Hell! Murderous mongrels! Keep away from my marsupials!”

Happy 4th of July Birthday to My Dad

July 4, 1911

The Cornerstone: Gordy’s Poem

Written for My Father after His Death

"Then what is the meaning of that which is written:

The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone?”

Beneath the birding sky, cold-blue and safe,

bricks laid one to another, timeless bond and true,

by hands long learned and destined to this trade:

a world of walls and beauty, shelters made.

Unlost, unvanished, close beneath blue skies,

and yet somewhere a’wandered, biding still,

he built a hearth within our hearts held strong

in patterns made of mortar, brick, and song.

© Ramey Channell  

Childhood Is The One Story That Stands By Itself In Every Soul

Good Reads from Goodreads!

Goodreads asked Ramey Channell:

What’s the best thing about being a writer?

   I've found that the best thing about being a writer is the connection to the reader, and to people who respond to the stories I'm telling. My poetry, short stories, and my books, Sweet Music on Moonlight Ridge, and The Witches of Moonlight Ridge, evoke an emotional response from the reader, and create a common ground for communication and sharing. I love the feedback I get from readers.


   

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

My own childhood is the basis for the Moonlight Ridge series. As a small child, I lived in the most magical, enchanted, and sometimes frightening place imaginable. And I had my best friend along for the adventures: my crazy cousin Willie T.!

What are you currently working on?

   I'm currently working on book three of The Moonlight Ridge Series. Book One is a summer mystery, Book Two, an autumn mystery, and Book Three is all about a cold, cold winter on the mountain and a Christmas mystery. If you enjoyed Earl Hamner's "The Waltons", Mark Twain's "Tom Sawyer" and "Huckleberry Finn", and Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird", you'll be a fan of Lily Claire and Willie T. and their adventures on Moonlight Ridge.

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When the Wind is In the Trees . . .

     "As the story goes," Erskine told us,"Uncle Jasper says there was a famous robber that hid out in these woods. He robbed the stage coach on several occasions, and always got away with it. Rode a beautiful Andalusian horse he'd bought from the Moor, the inn keeper. For years he pestered travelers on this road, stole gold and silver coins and jewelry.
     "But, he finally got caught. A troop of soldiers was layin' for him out here in the woods, one night. Shot him right here, in front of the inn, with his sweetheart lookin' on.
     " They called him the Highwayman."

                                                     - The Witches of Moonlight Ridge