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I’m writing this post from Broadstreet Bakery, (their cheese grits rock) just downstairs from Lemuria Books in Jackson, Mississippi. I…
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On page 4A of today’s Memphis Commercial Appeal, there’s a shocking article about domestic violence written by Maria Chang, AP…
Unusual. Odd. Offbeat. Those are words that Don Noble used in his review of Wendy Reed’s new book, An Accidental…
Every May and June, millions of people are faced with yet another intrusion into our personal lives by the marketing…
43 years ago (yesterday) I married Bill Cushman at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Jackson, Mississippi. We had 17…
If you’ve been following my blog you already know that an agent in New York sent my novel to an…
I’m at the airport in Seattle after a lovely weekend visiting my Godson, Patrick, and his family. Last last…
Eighteen years ago this coming August 14, I helped deliver my Godson, Patrick. And while it was thrilling to be…