Sep 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
Well, it happened. The unthinkable. The incomprehensible. After remaining 29 for 20 years, I finally turned the big 5-0 on August 23. I’m not sure how I’ve arrived at this point, but it’s not as bad so far as I’d always imagined it might be. For me. I spent the day...
Sep 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
A long time ago, in what feels like another lifetime, a high school classmate remarked that something was crazy. Seventeen-year-old Chrissie Anderson replied, “Oh, I know all about crazy: I’ve been running from crazy my whole life!” The comment elicited laughter from...
Sep 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
The results of Wytheville, Virginia’s Chautauqua Festival were announced a couple of weeks ago. I was thrilled to place in three of four categories. My Hindman piece from 2020, “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year,” won 2nd place at Wytheville VA’s Chautauqua...
Aug 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
I attended my second concert since covid on August 21, 2021. Russ and I saw Colin Hay and his band in the Caverns in Pelham, TN, about halfway between Chattanooga and Nashville. It was vastly different from my experience at the James Taylor/Jackson Browne concert in...
Aug 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
I’m taking a 4-week Fiction Lab with Darnell Arnoult, that started right on the heels of Hindman finishing. I got home from Hindman at about 8:30 on Saturday, 24 July, and Darnell’s Fiction Lab started at 10 a.m. that morning. So, what is a Fiction Lab?...
Aug 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
This week, I attended my first live music concert since the 80’s Cruise in March 2020, as covid brought the curtain down on such activities for a long nearly-18 months. The event had been rescheduled twice, most recently from this past January, and was slated to...
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