Charlotte IKEA Street Gear

Charlotte IKEA Street Gear

Oct 15, 2025 | Memoir

My husband gets me. He really, truly gets me. And he loves me. He so completely loves me.  IKEA is turning 40 in the US. To commemorate this milestone, they did something new for IKEA. They had “street gear” with the IKEA logo on it.  If you know me even a little bit,...
Fall Workshop with Darnell Arnoult

Fall Workshop with Darnell Arnoult

Oct 15, 2025 | Writing Life

On Saturday, September 27, Tennessee Mountain Writers had their annual Fall Workshop in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. This year’s workshop leader was Darnell Arnoult, who is a masterful writer across genres but focused on nonfiction/memoir for the purposes of our workshop. ...
The Write Stuff

The Write Stuff

Oct 15, 2025 | Writing Life

Most of my life in the past six weeks or so has revolved in some way or another around writing. Which is a good thing.  On Saturday, September 13, I attended a really interesting, informative online class sponsored by Write Or Die about Small Press Publishing. Since...
Just for Fun

Just for Fun

Sep 14, 2025 | Writing Life

Sometimes I do things just for fun.    Don’t get me wrong. Writing is fun. But writing is also one of my vocations. Just one I don’t make much money at. Scentsy is fun. I get a monthly check from Scentsy, but more times than not, I have spent that much or more on...
Stage Presence

Stage Presence

Sep 11, 2025 | Music

I have taken a couple months off from blogs. Shame on me. I’ve just been so insanely busy traveling and going to workshops, etc., I couldn’t find the time to get it all done. And I sincerely apologize to anyone who keeps up with me and the reading/writing...
Three-Workshop Summer

Three-Workshop Summer

Sep 11, 2025 | Writing Life

I mentioned I’ve been busy this summer. There have been entire weeks when I have been home only one day that week and have had something going on that day that kept me from being at home longer than enough time to unpack from one thing and repack for the next thing....