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When Parents Cry

Sep 4, 2022 | Memoir

I remember coming home from the beach a month ago, exhausted from watching the road, avoiding potholes, listening to Becky talk about her three kids, the two I jokingly call her bad ones, who refuse to do just about anything for themselves or to help her out around...

One Happy Thing

Aug 16, 2022 | Memoir

I want to write one happy thing. One hopeful thing. I want to find one happy, hopeful thing to focus on tonight. I haven’t written a single creative thing since we left Hindman on July 28. I feel so stuck. I feel like I’m trapped somewhere and I keep reaching for a...

Abandoned

Aug 16, 2022 | Memoir

I’ve been absent a lot in August. Physically and mentally. I’m in a funk right now. A deep funk. I’ve been fighting it for weeks and have finally just admitted, this is where I am. I am sad. I feel absolutely overwhelmed with various life events from the past few...

Appalachian Writers Workshop and Flooding in Eastern Kentrucky

Aug 15, 2022 | Memoir, Writing Life

I set off to Hindman on Sunday, July 24, with feelings of anxiety, all for selfish reasons. I knew that I was being housed in Preece, way up on top of the hill, away from the action of the main campus, and I honestly was not happy about it at all. I had requested to...

Bristol Casino Future Home of Hard Rock

Jul 15, 2022 | Memoir

I like casinos. I admit that I am a slots junkie. And yes, I have a very addictive personality, so having a casino that is open 24/7 less than ten minutes from me is going to be interesting. But it is what it is. Russ and I went over last Friday and drove around the...

“Hysteria” and “Tonight”

Jul 15, 2022 | Memoir, Travel

If you’ve been keeping up with me on Facebook, or if you’ve been reading my blogs at all, you know that this is a Summer full of musical memories waiting to be made for me. And the shows I have seen thus far have all been pretty fantabulous! Tears For Fears put on the...