Celia’s Birthday Applesauce Cake

“We heard over the radio that the train was delayed for ice on the tracks.  We celebrated Celia’s birthday quietly, cutting the applesauce cake Gladys had baked that morning—a recipe Celia loved and one that had been passed down to their family for generations.  But Celia barely ate.” — Cathy Gohlke from Night Bird Calling Celia’s Birthday Applesauce Cake Ingredients …

Night Bird Calling

If I could go anywhere during the month of November, I’d run to the foothills and mountains of North Carolina.  There’s nothing like the Blue Ridge these crisp autumn days!  That’s where Night Bird Calling, my ninth novel, unfolds. For me, writing Night Bird Calling was both a “coming home” to those welcoming foothills and an emotional journey into difficult …