On Feverdream from the Road

On Feverdream from the Road

Many thanks to Renée Nicholson for guest-blogging this month and sharing her exciting work with us. Renée and I met at the WV Writers Conference in 2024 and hit it off immediately. She has been quite gracious to me with her time and talents, and I’m honored to call...
Bristol Public Library Open House

Bristol Public Library Open House

As many of you know, I am a degreed librarian. No longer practicing, but that’s what my master’s degree is in — Information Sciences. I love libraries. They’ve always been some of my favorite places to hang out. You can get just about anything at the public library —...
Welcome to Wherever You Are

Welcome to Wherever You Are

You know me as a Duranie. The internet knows me as a Duranie —seriously, do a Google search for Chrissie and Duran Duran and AI brings up information about me, not the lyrics to a song they wrote that appears on their first album with my name in it. Freaky! But ever...
Knowing How to Lose

Knowing How to Lose

Knowing How to Lose is the name of my poetry chapbook, finally submitted to the publisher this week, which is a great load off of my plate and off of my mind. Twenty-two poems make up the collection. Fifteen of them were published prior to the chapbook coming together...
The Hills Are Alive with the Sound of Music

The Hills Are Alive with the Sound of Music

Aside from the 80s Cruise, there have been lots of other music and performances in the past few months. Let’s start with something that wasn’t a concert, but that I’ve waited to do for a very long time. Craig Ferguson performed his comedy act at The Paramount in...
80s Cruise 2026 – March 2026

80s Cruise 2026 – March 2026

I’m digging in my mind for fine details of this awesome experience. It has been a hot minute (read as “a few months”) since I did any blogs, as we had some technical difficulties – and I got a little lazy and quit doing them while the website was inaccessible. Well,...