Jun 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
“For rumors in the wake of such a lonely crowd.” – “The Seventh Stranger,” Duran Duran “Why are you selling your clothes? Mainly Duran Duran items?” It was 2:44 a.m., and I had awakened to go to the bathroom but looked at my Facebook messages in case there was...
Jun 8, 2025 | Literary Recommendations
I always get on a reading kick when I go to The Orchard Keeper, in Speedwell, TN, for a visit. Denton Loving keeps his bookshelves stocked with great things to read, and I took full advantage of his inventory while I was there last week right before the Mountain...
May 4, 2025 | Writing Life
Last August at Table Rock, a few of us lamented about wanting to take a chapbook class, but there were none to be found. Sue Dunlap Weaver came back, “What if I could talk Connie Green into doing one at her house in Lenoir City for about 10-12 of us?” We were giddy...
May 4, 2025 | Writing Life
It has been a while since I’ve written about my writing activities, so I’ll back up a little to include the past couple of months. At the end of March, I went to Denton’s for a week (March 20-27) to get some writing done. I came away with four poems, a couple of other...
Apr 18, 2025 | Memoir, Music
Another 80s Cruise has come and gone. And it went way too fast, of course. In most ways. Tragedy struck early. Our first show in Studio B on Sunday night was Faster Pussycat, a band I knew only one song by, which is not uncommon for some of the harder rock/metal...
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