Archive - Long Ago & Far Away

Wednesday is Green

Or so my mother said.

Feb 11, 2024 • Lausanne Davis Carpenter

Of Wind and Wolves by J.M. Elliot

Historical Fiction available for Free on Substack

Oct 8, 2023 • Lausanne Davis Carpenter

In Memorandum of Strangers

Twenty years post-tsunami

Dec 28, 2024 • Lausanne Davis Carpenter

The Weight of Things

Objects embody stories.

Aug 4, 2024 • Lausanne Davis Carpenter

To my newly subscribed readers, you’re not in the wrong place.

May 19, 2024 • Lausanne Davis Carpenter

Take a Chance on Indies

If you crave variety and stories from Off the Beaten Path, I have two treats for you.

Oct 25, 2025 • Lausanne Davis Carpenter

Oct 28, 2023 • Lausanne Davis Carpenter

It's not you. It's me.

And my growing Did Not Finish pile

Feb 25, 2024 • Lausanne Davis Carpenter

Where There is No Fast Fashion

Wedged between the well-recorded 6th century, (think Emperor Justinian and his famous wife Theodora—all fit for TV drama), and the 8th century, (Bede…

Oct 4, 2024 • Lausanne Davis Carpenter

Gilded Age Georgia and Florida, Part I

What is it about The Gilded Age that so enchants us?

Oct 20, 2024 • Lausanne Davis Carpenter

Back to Byzantium

Tuesday, I received thirty-seven single-spaced pages of notes from my developmental editor.

Nov 17, 2024 • Lausanne Davis Carpenter

We Must Have Maps!

I've been super excited in the last few weeks (read: distracted).

Jul 15, 2024 • Lausanne Davis Carpenter

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