Last night I watched the final night of the Republican National Convention. Just as I will also watch the Democratic…
I’m working with a freelance editor to polish my novel before querying literary agents. She’s a terrific editor, and came…
This past June I submitted an essay to the 2012 Yoknapatawpha Summer Writer’s Workshop in Oxford, Mississippi, called, “Eat, Drink,…
There are three new names on my prayer list—(left to right in photo) Maria, Yekaterina and Nadezhda—three members of the…
I’ve read a number of books by and about Flannery O’Connor, including The Complete Stories, Mystery and Manners, The Obedient…
After a weekend filled with enjoyable activities—hosting a birthday dinner for two of our Godsons and their wives Friday evening,…
Guest Post by Daphne Davenport [NOTE: When I read that the topic for this round of posts on the…
It’s a balancing act—working on a (fiction) novel and an (creative nonfiction) essay simultaneously. After reading Richard Gilbert’s blog post…
I usually don’t visit my mother in the nursing home on Saturdays. But this past weekend my niece, Aubrey Leigh,…
Steve Hayes, an Orthodox Christian living in South Africa, did a blog post yesterday about the “Pussy Riot” protest in…