https://www.rockyfarmstudio.com/home daily 1.0 2026-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/563fcd09e4b040da96977f96/e8ef7712-a233-43a0-a8fa-9c47d3c4c437/new+cabin+head.png HOME - Make it stand out WoodSprite Cabin My name is Mary D’Amore. I’m an American writer and artist living on the Sourland Mountain in New Jersey with my husband Mike. I’ve written 17 children’s books, and my adult novel Sourland Farm is available now! (Published by CCE Publishing) Paperback and Hardcover. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/563fcd09e4b040da96977f96/a04e0eb2-231c-4d7a-bbfb-dc6551c0ee1e/Bookshop.org.jpg HOME - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/563fcd09e4b040da96977f96/095e17ba-311c-4848-8b05-cf60b8d596bc/B%26N.jfif HOME - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/563fcd09e4b040da96977f96/9ba4c494-4a19-41f9-9e82-8a9fa8eba722/SF+sell+sheet+conv+0.jpeg HOME - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/563fcd09e4b040da96977f96/26bab101-7414-4a7a-b308-ac654d9a3d18/farleys-bookshop.jpg HOME - Make it stand out Also at Farley’s Bookshop, New Hope, PA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/563fcd09e4b040da96977f96/6c3b373a-fd82-4b94-8d9a-701c6f4e806e/Press+Contact+Information+conv+0.jpeg HOME - Make it stand out Press/Media Contact https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/563fcd09e4b040da96977f96/8f138a44-caf6-4ca6-92d9-e57a39911a11/cover.png HOME - Make it stand out Sourland Farm is a literary analogue of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights, translating its exploration of obsession, family, trauma, and forgiveness into a twentieth-century American Gothic landscape. It asks: What if the same personalities and circumstances unfolded in our own time? Does time alter human nature, or merely disguise it? Sourland Farm moves the story 200 years later and 5,000 miles away, taking place between 1969 and 2002. In my debut novel, I follow six-year-olds Caroline and Hadley from their meeting in 1969 through the very ends of their lives, as the next generation completes the story. 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Bring her to me.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/563fcd09e4b040da96977f96/1632421868617-BLM7JKCGD2P19NWSFQRA/Iambe+illustration.jpg Illustrations - Make it stand out Metaneira’s old servant, Iambe, tried to cheer up Demeter with her poems and jokes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/563fcd09e4b040da96977f96/1623514879567-6S26WWDHD550A8PDK64U/IMG_7215.JPG Illustrations - Make it stand out A golden glow radiated through every doorway and window in Keleos’ magnificent house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/563fcd09e4b040da96977f96/1623875264659-W67AOXC1TA5A7OGRN075/Pomegranate.JPG Illustrations - Make it stand out Persephone ate seven seeds and became bound to the Underworld. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/563fcd09e4b040da96977f96/10570e17-dcf5-4ca7-8d9c-53372f48bfd7/Horse+Head+5.83+x+8.27.jpg Illustrations - Make it stand out Ironsides would see Jenny coming and he would nicker as he came to the edge of his paddock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/563fcd09e4b040da96977f96/62d3539f-b1be-4612-b1a7-86f576dd1c9a/ChatGPT+Image+Aug+2%2C+2026%2C+08_41_35+PM.png Illustrations - Make it stand out One day a young girl was with Ironsides. 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Some were detached sentences, other parts were well written like a regular diary. On one blank page I was amused to see a drawing of my pal, Joe—crudely, yet powerfully sketched. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/563fcd09e4b040da96977f96/2537e59c-4176-43f7-8ff4-91da0d4c19f8/Onesimus.jpg Illustrations - Make it stand out The Garamante people were brilliant farmers, resourceful engineers, and enterprising merchants who had an advanced civilization that depended on enslaved people to enhance their lives. Onesimus had the misfortune of being sold to slavers who brought him to New England. An example of the Garamante’s sophisticated society was the use of inoculation against smallpox. https://www.rockyfarmstudio.com/new-index-1 daily 0.75 2026-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/563fcd09e4b040da96977f96/fb5a4b68-92cb-4979-be0a-52a9f56afc13/Sourland+Farm+%28Castellar+106%29.jpg Photography - Make it stand out My love for Jared is like the foliage in the woods: time will change it, I’m very aware, just like winter changes the trees. My love for Hadley is more like the eternal rocks: a source of little visible delight, but necessary. - Caroline Earnst https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/563fcd09e4b040da96977f96/1626892274226-AV8KCLGGU9DRUUG9Y1XW/IMG_7009.JPG Photography - Make it stand out Harald was known as “Bluetooth” probably because of a discolored tooth, but no one knows for sure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/563fcd09e4b040da96977f96/1621795451512-N49E940Q261CRTQ3KHT6/stone+ship.JPG Photography - Make it stand out Stone “ships” were often built by Norsemen because they liked to represent their sea-faring culture by arranging large stones in the outline of a Viking ship. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/563fcd09e4b040da96977f96/1625677713700-0PB3BJ517E1EN0RZ041S/al+Jazari+Cover.JPG Photography - Make it stand out Ismail al-Jazari was just as important an inventor as Leonardo da Vinci. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/563fcd09e4b040da96977f96/1621795716468-R7RVQB1CGEH944O96L8J/IMG_0806.JPG Photography - Make it stand out Hugo loved to practice magic in his special place under the castle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/563fcd09e4b040da96977f96/dd648f1e-d93c-4c0b-9c43-4d3d29b0ccb3/48C27967-2A2A-4D8C-8280-0C8E44355597.jpeg Photography - Make it stand out “Hugo! Are you casting spells again?” Johanna complained. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/563fcd09e4b040da96977f96/1631552077878-M5XYEZINUE0ISIV1IKL8/IMG_1621.JPG Photography - Make it stand out There were many more Vikings than Scotsmen when they met on the shore at Largs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/563fcd09e4b040da96977f96/1631552121744-FZQHKJJB28YE8RSC89WX/IMG_1622.JPG Photography - Make it stand out As brave knights fought, Sir Hugo waved his parchment filled with magical symbols wildly above his head. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/563fcd09e4b040da96977f96/095ae932-c76a-4dc8-b14e-c1f4031cb667/9896B76F-D7EF-4293-92C4-40CA75B41011.jpeg Photography - Make it stand out Hugo ate heartily that night and told his family all about the Battle of Largs and King Alexander’s victory over the King of Norway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/563fcd09e4b040da96977f96/1621796771369-LJPHP4Y6E8T8HISNJ6AQ/IMG_0837.PNG Photography - Make it stand out “I climbed into your arms when I was a boy,” Hugo whispered to the old tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/563fcd09e4b040da96977f96/1621796672942-MHKCSIQ63P2IV2RQCMV4/IMG_6459.JPG Photography - Make it stand out “Your wisdom and my magic will make this pear the best gift of all,” Hugo told the tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/563fcd09e4b040da96977f96/1621796484462-BRS5LE0F40IADAXDZYS0/IMG_0846.JPG Photography - Make it stand out As Hugo and Margaret made their way along the path they passed strange trees and odd shapes in the woods. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/563fcd09e4b040da96977f96/1621796930161-SM74WTFLEWC8PCNV66UB/IMG_6461.JPG Photography - Make it stand out Margaret had a special silver case made for the pear and warned George’s family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/563fcd09e4b040da96977f96/1621797189492-Q2VSPI2ZAQTU6CEFCQ7W/PRSM_0001.jpg Photography - Make it stand out Elizabeth was losing hope of freedom. It was a sad time for her. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/563fcd09e4b040da96977f96/1623971761770-RKRX7MYLZ2XQKKWRAYT1/Devil.jpg Photography - Make it stand out The story that monsters and devils lived on the island of Bermuda was told by Spanish sailors who had visited the island and heard eerie cries at night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/563fcd09e4b040da96977f96/1621797421555-FQ2DWZA5AL6N0O8OQU4P/IMG_1047.JPG Photography - Make it stand out But, Sarah was still afraid every night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/563fcd09e4b040da96977f96/1623972074325-5WBDE1V6RGU1IY19LSNY/IMG_1426.JPG Photography - Make it stand out In his hands John held a very calm bird that he had lifted from its nest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/563fcd09e4b040da96977f96/1621797768749-4E77WJ6UONKBGF5R889X/IMG_1152.jpg Photography - Make it stand out Molly is a chicken farmer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/563fcd09e4b040da96977f96/1626555212803-062MYL3LFC5TQWZ8WXKL/Farmer+Mike.jpg Photography - Make it stand out Mike helps Molly with all of the feed bags and hay bales. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/563fcd09e4b040da96977f96/1622900984553-IEISP7QXRS9ZDBOZ4YAI/IMG_7125.jpg Photography - Make it stand out Scientists say that modern birds evolved from certain dinosaurs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/563fcd09e4b040da96977f96/1622901003633-RLOGUS32EQ55FYE73B3C/IMG_7126.JPG Photography - Make it stand out Some animals of the Triassic period looked like this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/563fcd09e4b040da96977f96/1624658214650-39ZJ9UD23NIJXJENN8ZR/Molly+holding+chicken.jpg Photography - Make it stand out Photograph by Michael Mancuso, Trenton Times Chicken farmer Molly sells her chickens’ eggs to her neighbors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/563fcd09e4b040da96977f96/1621797694683-DKN0U0XITRH5DJ8YS06Y/IMG_1213.JPG Photography - Make it stand out A rose-breasted grosbeak from the forest once landed on carpenter Joe’s arm! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/563fcd09e4b040da96977f96/1621797972476-Q6078G763D6E41FW5WON/IMG_6777.JPG Photography - Make it stand out Molly’s chickens are the happiest chickens on the entire Sourland Mountain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/563fcd09e4b040da96977f96/1622900952884-G8VDQP6EH15LHS9PNY0E/IMG_1277.JPG Photography - Make it stand out Do you wonder what personality this chick will have? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/563fcd09e4b040da96977f96/1629761717630-1VCQ8OBAO8L54MKMI3QW/IMG_7779.JPG Photography - Make it stand out I had a very close call once after he became a man and left home. His mom gathered me up with other things that he no longer needed – to be thrown away! Luckily, my boy came home and discovered me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/563fcd09e4b040da96977f96/1627667564549-CYZEH7WDBYVEFGU1JB7T/Dandy+Lion.JPG Photography - Make it stand out My girl took me to school every day until her teacher told her she had to leave me home. She said I was bringing germs to school, but I think she was concerned that I was too attached to my girl. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/563fcd09e4b040da96977f96/1627668866161-3P0A8BOA9JM4H7IO0H5G/Kitty.JPG Photography - Make it stand out Later, his mom and dad lived in different houses. When the boy went to his dad’s house every weekend, I got to go too. I was always able to be with him. That made my boy feel good. It made me feel good, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/563fcd09e4b040da96977f96/1627667504922-3TCZBH6UD2YUR6LNLQG8/Horn+Bear-Puppy.PNG Photography - Make it stand out Growing up, my girl thought I was a bear and loved me very much, and I loved her just as much. When she was grown she was told by a friend that I was a dog. My girl was surprised, but realized it was true. How funny! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/563fcd09e4b040da96977f96/1631552288357-C3PFWHEUD9F617YS63OS/Twilight.jpg Photography - Make it stand out Some of his friends said that I was a girl toy. My boy had never heard that idea before. He felt embarrassed and put me back in his bag. We held each other extra tight that night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/563fcd09e4b040da96977f96/1632349210192-C6CEOWFLNGRK7HAJNBRO/antiques.JPG Photography - Make it stand out That night, Grandpa looked around his old house. So many things were in it from so many years of living. Father’s record player. Great grandmother’s sewing machine. Mother’s china. Aunt Nancy’s “bear paw” quilt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/563fcd09e4b040da96977f96/1632349256678-65S5135D8L646GAU3SAP/Medicines.JPG Photography - Make it stand out Uncle Henry’s old medicine bottle collection had hung on Grandpa’s bathroom wall ever since he could remember.