Chrissie Anderson Peters, Author at CHRISSIE ANDERSON PETERS

In Memoriam – Melanie Dawn Hoback and Kevin David Linkous

Nov 15, 2025 | Memoir

I recently lost two high school friends during the same week. It was heartbreaking for me, so I can’t imagine how their families are managing. Melanie Dawn Hoback and I met before we ever started kindergarten. She was, in fact, my oldest childhood friend. We used to...

Northern Lights

Nov 15, 2025 | Memoir

Every once in a great while aurora borealis is visible in my neck of the woods. Now, I’ve never seen it happen. I miss it every time. This past week, although I missed the first night, I went traipsing around in the dark after midnight looking for them on November...

Mind-Numbing Pain

Nov 13, 2025 | Memoir

All my life, I’ve heard the phrase “mind-numbing pain.” And I’ve been in some intense pain before. I’ve had surgeries in the past two years that left scars and left me crying pretty hard. Right now, I’m having intense tooth pain. Something has been amiss for almost...

Happy Birthday at the Hard Rock

Nov 9, 2025 | Memoir

My Big Sister in my Sorority (Pi Sigma Kappa, Purple and Proud), Lynne, Bishop, is having a birthday this week. Last year, we spent opening weekend of the Hard Rock Café in Bristol, VA, at the hotel and casino. We had so much fun, we decided it should become an annual...

Charlotte IKEA Street Gear

Oct 15, 2025 | Memoir

My husband gets me. He really, truly gets me. And he loves me. He so completely loves me. IKEA is turning 40 in the US. To commemorate this milestone, they did something new for IKEA. They had “street gear” with the IKEA logo on it. If you know me even a little bit,...

Fall Workshop with Darnell Arnoult

Oct 15, 2025 | Writing Life

On Saturday, September 27, Tennessee Mountain Writers had their annual Fall Workshop in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. This year’s workshop leader was Darnell Arnoult, who is a masterful writer across genres but focused on nonfiction/memoir for the purposes of our workshop. ...