Hearth & Holler Magazine

Autumn has come to Honey Hill Country, and the October issue of Hearth & Holler is ready for your visit.

For those joining us for the first time, Hearth & Holler — A Monthly Visit to Honey Hill Country is an illustrated magazine set in the fictional Missouri Ozarks home of Little Red Bear in 1904. Through the eyes of our neighbors — people and woodland critters alike — we explore the countryside, local traditions, working lives, and everyday kindnesses that make this place feel like home.

This month, we’ll saddle up with Willow Meadows for a ride through the Autumn hills, visit Old Copper Creek Mill, and discover why Hickory Pinenut keeps returning to the pumpkin patch. There is spiced apple cider cake to share, supper high above the St. Louis World’s Fair, and a slightly spooky porch story from the Bookers — with Evelyn nearby to keep things from getting entirely out of hand.

You’ll also find colorful gardens, a talkative scarecrow, costumed little bunnies, glowing pumpkins, and a quiet walk in the rain.

Each article has its own page, so you can wander through the issue at your leisure. Read in order, follow whatever catches your eye, or return another day to pick up where you left off.

Put the kettle on, make yourself comfortable, and come spend a little October with us.

We’re glad you’re here.

I invite you to pour yourself a cup of something good, settle in, and spend a little while with us in Honey Hill Country.

👉 Click here to visit the October 1904 issue of Hearth & Holler Magazine.

Thank you for visiting and spending part of your day with us!

Till next time then —

Jim (and Red!)

A note about images — The illustrations in this issue of Hearth & Holler were created from my concepts and creative direction with the assistance of AI.

Today marks the beginning of something new.

After much thought, planning, writing, illustrating, and more than a few cups of tea, Hearth & Holler has taken on a new format as a Monthly Magazine — a collection of stories, people, places, gardens, recipes, traditions, and adventures from across Honey Hill Country.

For readers visiting Honey Hill Country for the first time, the stories and features in Hearth & Holler are set in the fictional world of Honey Hill Country in the year 1904, the home and time period of my primary story character Little Red Bear. Through the eyes of its residents, contributors, and occasional bears and animals, we explore a simpler time filled with gardens, front porches, festivals, railroads, riverboats, animals and humans living side-by-side, and everyday life.

Inside this month’s issue you’ll meet one of Honey Hill Country’s most beloved shopkeepers, climb to Inspiration Point with Willow Meadows, visit a Jeffersonian garden in bloom, enjoy strawberry season at the Packet House Hotel, and travel with Felicity Merriweather to the St. Louis World’s Fair.

You’ll also find hummingbirds, festivals, good-natured nonsense, front porch reflections, and a few surprises along the way.

Rather than presenting everything in a single post, each feature now has its own page, allowing readers to explore the magazine much as they might wander from article to article in a traditional publication.

I invite you to pour yourself a cup of something good, settle in, and spend a little while with us in Honey Hill Country.

👉 Click here to visit the June 1904 issue of Hearth & Holler.

Thank you for visiting and spending part of your day with us!

— Jim (and Red!)

The illustrations accompanying this issue were created with the assistance of AI and lovingly prepared in a watercolor style for the world of Little Red Bear and Honey Hill Country.