WRITERS & MADNESS
Recently, I received a text from a close friend who had gifted my novels to her grandmothers, one of whom said, "She must be extremely...
TOOTING YOUR OWN HORN!
Ask any published author if they enjoy the marketing and promoting of their work. Most assuredly, their collective response would be, "I...
LIBRARIES, SWEET LIBRARIES
Libraries . . . magical, hypnotic, mysterious, enchanting, alluring, unforgettable . . . seep deep into our souls. My earliest...
LETTER WRITING: "More than kisses, letters mingle souls." John Donne
Harper Lee. William Styron. Donald Hall. Kaye Gibbons. Katherine Applegate. Lisa Wingate. Brian Selznick. Glenn Taylor. Each one,...
GIRLFRIENDS & THEIR STORIES
"You have been my friend," replied Charlotte. "That in itself is a tremendous thing." Charlotte's Web When I first met my friend,...
TAKING CHANCES
Social media posts focus primarily on babies & travel, food & events, and all manner of pets. And, since I joined in 2016 with the...
REACHING OUT & DRAWING IN
"A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for." Navy Admiral Grace Hopper Google "schools not teaching slavery" and...
BOOK CLUBS & THE THREADS THAT BIND
Something captivating -- very captivating -- happened from the moment Megan Easter of the Kanawha City (KC) Book Club invited me to meet...
TRAVELING WITH THOREAU
I’m following the new year cliché and working to clean out my spaces, to have a clean start. Last week, I uncovered the metal pencil tray...
FRIED APPLE PIES
If you've read my YA-novel, Honeysuckle Holiday, you most certainly "tasted" Lila's fried apple pies. She fried "the juiciest apple pies...
