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Cathy Rigg

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in Wise, Virginia, The United States

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https://cathyrigg.com/

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Historical Fiction, Fiction, Poetry

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Lee Smith, Ron Rash, Charles Frazier, Barbara Kingsolver ...more

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August 2007

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Cathy Rigg is an author and maker with far more interests than she has time. Born and raised in Virginia’s Appalachian Mountains, her debut novel, THAT WHICH BINDS US, was published by Keylight Books in June of 2025. A work of historical fiction, the story is set in those beloved mountains and centers around five people whose lives intersect during the tumultuous years of the Civil War.

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To the Moon and Back

WHILE IT’S NOT ideal, it is fitting that my last post (Day 17 of 30 Days of Joy but who’s counting?) was filled with the wonder and awe of the Venerable Monks on their 2,300-mile Walk for Peace. I was then able to see the monks in person twice: first on the outskirts of Lexington, SC, when Tim and I took our sweet granddaughter, Posey, so she could experience the holy with us; and second, the foll

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That Which Binds Us

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All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me

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