TODAY’S PORCH THOUGHT – The more you read the bigger your world grows.

🌿 Today Around the House🌿

See what’s happening around Home today.

The Shelves That Raised Me journal entry celebrating a lifelong love of books for National Book Lovers Day.

From the Front Porch

National Book Lover’s Day

Keep reading the books you’re “supposed” to read.

Read the ones you’re not.

Read something too difficult. Read something silly. Read something that makes you uncomfortable. Revisit the story you loved when you were ten.

And every now and then, pick up a book simply because something about it whispers,

Come see what’s inside.

🌿 Pull Up a Chair →

Coffee’s On

Someone saved you a seat.

Clara and Hazel have settled in with coffee and conversation. Pull up a chair and stay awhile.

🌿Join Us →
Coffee with Clara conversation featuring Clara Whitfield sharing coffee on the porch.

Something Good Is Always Cooking

There’s always something warm
coming out of Mabel’s Kitchen

🌿Head to the Kitchen →

🌿The House Is Still Growing🌿

Home is never truly finished. There are always new rooms waiting just beyond the hallway.

The Map Room

Explore the places where our stories live and the roads that connect them.

The Map Room, an interactive guide to the places, residents and stories throughout Necia Oliver’s fictional world.
🌿Explore the Map Room →

Beyond the Porch

Travel journals, Kentucky treasures & places worth wandering.

Beyond the Porch, travel stories and destinations explored through the residents of Necia Oliver’s fictional world.
🌿Wander Away →

The Garden

Bees, flowers, herbs and quiet mornings

The Garden, a peaceful space for bees, flowers, herbs and seasonal gardening throughout Necia Oliver’s fictional world.

🌿 The gate opens soon.🌿

Reading Room

Books, recommendations and stories shared

The Reading Room, a welcoming space for book recommendations, reading conversations and stories shared by readers in Necia Oliver’s community.
🌿 Enter the Reading Room →