Jacque JacobsWriters often hear the admonishment: Keep your day job. As a retired professor from Western Carolina University, I no longer have a day job. What I have is the luxury of time to write; to weave a story in the best tradition of mountain storytellers. ountain storytelling is in my DNA. My mother's family settled in Knox County, Tennessee, in the 1720s. My daddy, yes he was always Daddy, was a descendent of the Oliver family who settled in Cades Cove in the Smoky Mountains of East TN. I am a southerner by birth, family roots, and upbringing. My adult life is deeply grounded in family, education, and service. I've lived and worked on five continents and am grateful for the opportunities to experience other cultures first hand-immersed in the lives of the people I have met. Each individual on my life's journey has helped me to be a better person. I am grateful. I wish you peace. Read More Read Less