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  SLAVERY in HISTORY  Charleston, SC and slavery books    Why am I not surprised to see the above headline? Maybe it’s because of my experie...

  OPEN TO DOUBT My poem, “Failing To Yield,” has been published in the Spring/Summer issue of Quartet Journal. In an oblique way, the poe...

  WHAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE TRUE   I write poetry. I don’t necessarily write what I think is truth—or untruth for that matte...

  "Much Oblige"   My husband never heard the expression “much oblige,” which came as a surprise to me. Howe...

Kitchen items sent to the recycle bin   Plastic Brain I’m getting rid of plastics that come into contact with my food and drinks. Maybe it...

A book of ideas on thinking  Why Am I Here? If you’ve asked yourself this question in a strange room after a night of heavy drinking, that...

  APRIL 25 & 26   I’ll be under my tent and signing book sales at the Rice Festival in Walterboro, SC, on Friday and Saturday April 2...

  LITERARY AND VERY PERSONAL My daughter-in-law Cindy gave her son (my grandson Frank) a unique gift for his 18 th birthday. In fact, onl...

    CAR ACCIDENT AS INSPIRATION The May edition of Quartet Journal will publish my poem “Failing To Yield,” which i...

  POLITICS AND FRIENDSHIP I have a fundamentalist Christian friend who is an avid Trump supporter. Our relationship ha...

FESTIVALS Selling books is a challenge, in part because readers are hard to find. Even publishers have to work hard to market books, so ...

  My book Dust on the Bible has been published by Belle Isle Books with a few changes to the original, which I self published several years...

      SHAKESPEARE LOST   Last week, while in London I went on a Shakespeare & Charles Dickens guided tour. Our guide was an actor wh...

  My cat Millie What’s not to like about a cat?   They rid your house of mice. They rarely if ever talk out loud or ...

  This is me as a mafioso NOIR STORIES AT HALLOWEEN   There were seven of us writers reading stories at the British Bulldog Pub on Hal...

  WHAT'S THAT IN YOUR EAR?   Ever feel like there's a spider in your ear? Ever feel a bony finger on your neck o...