This is my fourth year to publish an “end of year book list.” (Here’s last year’s list and comments.) I…
Neighborhood Christian Center Memphis native Dr. JoeAnn Ballard’s life was changed by her parents, who fostered many children in Memphis.…
Friends of the Library: A Virtual Adventure I am soooo excited about this virtual event coming up on January 24,…
Notes on Hope From a Women’s Retreat Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings…
Crystallized Thinking “Poetry, at its noblest, is crystallized thinking.”–Ralph Spaulding Cushman Four years ago this past June, I wrote a…
John and Mary Margaret My second novel and seventh book will be released June 27, 2021 from Koehler Books! So,…
Four Months In At the invitation of the wonderful folks at Kirby Pines Senior Living in Memphis, I was invited…
(Image at the top: “Walking Past Two Chairs” by David Hockney, b. 1937) I have two chairs in my office.…
Thanks to Southern Literary Review! It’s thrilling when a book receives such a stellar review. Any time. But especially three…
Last August I did a post about several books I had been asked to write blurbs for. (You can read…