Tayran and Jon live with their two boys, 3 dogs and 4 cats in Canton, Georgia. Tayran is in her 15th year of teaching at Free Home Elementary. During the little spare time she has, Tayran enjoys spending quality time with her family, reading novels, writing poetry, and short stories. While Tayran is busy educating our children, Jon has dedicated his life to developing the DIGB brand and making a positive impact in today’s world. Along with being an avid sports fan, Jon is also a proud member of Toastmasters Club, and a member of the Board of Directors for GreenPetsAmericaCommunities.org.
From the farms and pastures of the north Georgia mountains, where pine trees grow in the brick red clay, the tradition of storytelling is alive and well. As rustic as a barbed wire fence, as homey as a light in the window, In the Pines is a collection of stories and poems told in the voice of a vanishing people. Funny, poignant, and reminiscent of events and personalities familiar to us all, you will come away feeling that someone in the book reminds you of a person you know. This is not a book about the magnolia and cotillion south, but about the lives of Appalachian people who lived a hardscrabble life at the foot of the Blue Ridge mountains. So, take a journey into the lives of the Appalachian people and listen to the characters tell their stories of joys and struggles, and everyday life in the mountains, in the pines.
When Alex's father takes her to their favorite beach she brings a dandelion with her to make a special wish, but upon arrival she sees another little girl who might need the wish much more than she does..
