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Caught Red Footed At Walden Pond

“Our family is cursed in Arkansas,” my Mamaw Manis once stated frankly. Her white shock of hair, hazel eyes blazing countenance matched...

A Story of Love One Woman Show | Concert Video Teaser

For the past several years I have been gearing up to release a video teaser of my Story of Love one woman show. At first the show was...

State of Tennessee Honors Songwriter Kim Williams Legacy with House Joint Resolution

This afternoon I had the honor of picking up a signed copy of this House Joint Resolution honoring my dad, Kim Williams from Tennessee...

Country music in Nashville

It was a great night for live music in Nashville this Saturday at my private events venue in West Nashville, The 7695. Nashville Rounds...

Appalachia - how do you say it?

Appalachia is pronounced Apple-atcha in the rural southern part of the region, and App-a-lay-sha in the northern most and less rural...

Thanksgiving at Mamaw’s – Planning Your Holiday Meal

Some of my fondest memories are of holidays spent at my Mamaws’ Thanksgiving tables. Living in East Tennessee Appalachia we had a fine...

World IP Day | Arts Envoy South American Tour 2021

Do you love to write? Poetry, songs, short stories, essays, even business reports – When you write something, you are not only creating art

Appalachia Christmas

I have lots of fond memories of spending Christmas with my family in East Tennessee. This picture is looking out my mamaw's living room...

Teaching Songwriting to World Dignitaries at the United States Patent and Trademark Office

Amanda Colleen Williams teaches world Copyright Ministers, Judges and Intellectual Property professionals at USPTO Copyright Seminar 2019