Dec 20, 2015 | writing & work
~ AN HOMAGE ~ December 8, 2011 To Ms. Lee Smith, First may I say Merry Christmas to You and Yours. Second may I apologize, for this letter has been a long time coming, too long some would say. You see I have been reading your books for many years and feel like we are...
Jan 11, 2015 | writing & work, travel & inspiration, 30 Days of Joy
It surprises me, I have to say, how aware of it I feel sitting here by the pool in this most lovely courtyard in Key West. I am alone, you see, traveling alone, something that is not necessarily new to me. And still the solo nature of it all has heightened every sense...
May 25, 2014 | writing & work
Long before I knew the bluebirds had fledged, I declared May 17th a day for the books, a sort of anno Domini event that would forever divide my life into the before and the after. I had just returned from a full day at the South Carolina Book Festival, you see, a day...
Oct 27, 2013 | reading & recs
What do I recall of her, here in these soft pale days at the lapsing of the year? Images from the far past crowd in my head and half the time I cannot tell whether they are memories or inventions. Not that there is much difference between the two, if indeed there is...
Aug 12, 2013 | reading & recs
It’s a very cool thing to be part of a book club, particularly when it is a book club of fascinating women. It’s even cooler when one of those women publishes her first novel. That’s just what happened with our little group—resurrected last month...
Jun 11, 2013 | reading & recs
I feel I owe you a good post, what with pulling that “subscribe to my blog” move on Sunday. (Thank you for indulging me via FB, Twitter, etc. ) I feel the need to make good, to write meaningfully, to go deep and reveal an insight excavated there. I’m...
