Smokey Mountain Breakdown

Oh Noes! I've discovered the Blackadder Quote Generator at the BBC. It has ensorcelled me. Flashheart: If word gets out that I'm m...

Happy Holidays everyone. Well, I know you are all wondering what sort of things you'll be saying about me tomorrow and Christmas Day in...

It was really cold today and I drove into town. So cold I started the jeep up so it could idle and the frost could melt. I love cold as lon...

Welcome to my sleepy, disjointed Sunday posting. AKA--I Gots Nothin'. I've been thinking of sense memory, particularly of smell. My ...

And it's beautiful! And thanks to the magic of alphabetization--I'm across the fold from Kathy Fish! It's a gorgeous big gloss...

I'm included in the Dead Mule School of Southern Literature's Holiday Homecoming Issue ! There are some very fine writers sharing s...

When I woke up today, the sky and the air smelled of snow. The gravid clouds hung in the pink sky like men with big bellies. Those clouds w...

So, I'm in the Walmart today and saw the most outrageous mother/daughter pair--each with extreeeeeme two-tone mullets. Mom had clipper ...

Okay, so, I snuck off late yesterday afternoon, went to Morristown and saw Twilight, the Movie. Cuz...as I mentioned before, Robert Pattinso...

I've decided this is the reason I, embarrassingly, find myself drawn to the movie theater to see Twilight. Or perhaps some sort of form...

I'm driving home from Newport today after buying groceries when I saw it. Got more stuff to do the amazing sweet potato dish and a 20 po...

I had to go into Newport today to get an MRI of my back. Not that they'll be able to do anything if they see something. I told them th...

Dogs: Wet and Dry A Collection of Canine Flash Fiction If you were planning to send a story in, the deadline is December 1--so get writing. ...

One of my favorite stories I've written this past year, Where Saturniides Fall Into the Sky , went live on Night Train this morning. Pl...

I loves Keyhole Magazine ! Again--I find myself in the company of some of the most amazing literary talent out there. When Peter Cole asked ...

It was the year my grandfather died, I was in a school bus accident and I got a rare case of stress related stomach ulcers--rare because I w...

Okay, so I've been not very good about updating my blog. Exactly a week ago I sat down to write and my back has been stuck there ever si...

I have a micro short up on Tuesday Shorts called The Watchmaker's Lover . It's 50 words. It's very very short. Read The Man W...

The ladybugs swarmed today. There's something like this that happens in the spring--little airborne motes swirl in the air. There's...

Coconut-Pecan Sweet Potato Pie Remember I was telling you about that amazing sweet potato dish I had at the Hall Reunion? Someone asked me t...