RG, LIKUIOCIP! DEA….. (Please refer to your newspaper for complete puzzle.)
TODAY’S ANSWER:
ANSWER: AH, SEPTEMBER! YOU ARE THE DOORWAY TO THE SEASON THAT AWAKENS MY SOUL. —PEGGY TONEY HORTON
Peggy Toney Horton
American Writer • Essayist • Poet
✍️ A West Virginia Writer
Peggy Toney Horton is an American writer whose essays, poetry, and reflections often draw from family, faith, nature, and everyday life. A longtime West Virginia resident, she has contributed to newspapers as well as online and print publications.
⛰️ West Virginia Roots
Horton was the only child of a coal miner and spent her early childhood in southern West Virginia. After her father left the mines to work for Appalachian Power Company, the family moved to a small town. Their home along the Kanawha River provided memories that would later become material for her writing.
📝 Writing From Life
Horton began creating poems when she was young, drawing inspiration from whatever was happening in her life. Childhood experiences, friendships, first love, happiness, heartbreak, and loss all became subjects for her writing, a personal approach she continued throughout her career.
📖 Essays & Books
Her published work includes personal essays, essays on faith, poetry, and books. Somewhere in Heaven My Mother Is Smiling, released in 2011, collected favorite personal pieces inspired by memories and experiences from her life. Other titles include Sweet Whispers of Youth, On Waters of Sorrow, and Does God Want Us to Be Happy.
🙏 Essays on Faith
Faith is a recurring subject in Horton’s writing. She has been a contributor to the Essays on Faith column in the Charleston Gazette-Mail, writing about spirituality through personal experiences and the ordinary challenges of family and daily life.
🍂 Words That Travel
Horton’s short reflections on the seasons, memories, love, and life have also circulated widely beyond her longer works. Her lines about September and October are frequently shared, while her broader body of work reflects a lifelong habit of turning personal experiences and observations into stories, essays, and poetry.
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