It's hard to write about Book Reviewing.  Yes, it's subjective. You can't love everything! Yes, it's difficult deciding...

Mississippi appreciates its writers, big time. Of course, there's Miss Eudora Welty. On this trip, I visited her garden and a new, t...

Children, like animals, use all their senses to discover the world. Then artists come along and discover it the same way all over again. E...

I'm feeling more Bah Humbuggish than HoHoHoing. Still waiting for the Christmas music to kick in. More interested in reading and writi...

 If ever there were a real character in my life, my daddy was it. I could write a book about him: his colorful language, his love of anima...

I love Eudora Welty's short stories. But I know not everybody "gets" her. Just now I was trying to decide which edition to pic...

Looking forward to a reunion of our original New Jersey critique group next week. We moved in different directions when one moved to MA, one...

It's my turn this month over at my group blog: A Good Blog is Hard to Find. Which, in this case, really isn't. Such talented South...

Three years old! My, my. And I almost missed it. But while searching for a book title in the recesses of my blog, there it was-- my very ...

If ever there was a real character in my life, my dad was it. I could write a book about him: his shall-we-say colorful language, his love o...

Did everybody grow up in a town like Cleveland, Mississippi? My hometown was big enough to have two movie theaters (plus the Big Chief Drive...

This is my last post about snow and cold weather, promise. Well, I'll try. Today, in honor of my friends and family Up North shoveling...

This is Miss Eudora's 100th birthday year. And there's all sorts of happenings in her hometown of Jackson, MS., including an exhibit...

I do love the stuff my critique group comes up with. This one's from my friend Teddie, who writes features for my most excellent hometow...

Tonight I'll cook a funny dish I haven't made in a while. The "secret recipe" supposedly duplicates Popeye's Biscuits,...