Catherine Over Water–Free Giveaway
Dear Friends I’m taking a break from flash fiction and poetry this week to share news about my new novel, Catherine Over Water. Catherine’s pub date is almost upon us, [...]
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Aug, 2026
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Sep, 2024
Equinox Thoughts
It’s been a weird summer. In fact, it’s been a weird summer regarding the word “weird,” so maybe in the interest of accuracy I should say it’s been an unusual [...]
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Apr, 2022
Just One
April is National Poetry Month! So here's one of my earlier pieces to celebrate the power of the Word. Words jingle in my ears like pennies in the pocket of [...]
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Nov, 2021
November Musing
I hardly need to say this because we all know it, but hey, it’s been a weird couple of years. This November I am grateful for family members and friends who [...]
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Apr, 2021
For My Mother and Other Collectors of Strays
April is National Poetry Month! I've dug down deep for this one, written for my Mom at least 30 years ago when she was the age that I am now. [...]
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Mar, 2021
The Illumination, a review
Imagine a world where suddenly and inexplicably the sick and injured begin to emit light. Open wounds shine like flash lights, acne sparkles like glitter, leukemia patients shimmer and glow, and [...]
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Feb, 2021
Dot Dot Dot
Anderson Cooper came by my house to repair the busted slats on my back fence and to tell me I use too many ellipses in my writing. I told [...]
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Jan, 2021
What I Miss Most
I wrote this a month ago with my Thursday night writing group, and I didn’t use too many of the prompts, though I did use these: out to lunch, for whose [...]
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Dec, 2020
Read-Aloud Picture Books
Last week I listed a few of my favorite books for cold weather reading and gifting. This week, allow me to tell you about a few of my favorite read-aloud picture [...]
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Oct, 2020
Sheltering, Part 4
We’ve all been “sheltering” now, to one degree or another, for seven and a half months. Initially I was both alarmed and secretly pleased—because suddenly I could be my introvert self [...]