Dec 15, 2025 | Memoir
I really didn’t care much for dolls, but there were a few I really loved: my Drowsy Doll (which I’ve written a poem about), a little black doll who was blind in one eye (her plastic eye was missing) named Betty (named for my Mamaw’s sister who gave her to me), and my...
Dec 13, 2025 | Memoir
Spend more time with Russ when he’s available to spend time with. Find a publishing home for my Langston stories. Try at least three more places to get my chapbook published if it doesn’t work out where it is right now. Revise my memoir and send it out to at least 50...
Nov 15, 2025 | Memoir
I recently lost two high school friends during the same week. It was heartbreaking for me, so I can’t imagine how their families are managing. Melanie Dawn Hoback and I met before we ever started kindergarten. She was, in fact, my oldest childhood friend. We used to...
Nov 15, 2025 | Memoir
Every once in a great while aurora borealis is visible in my neck of the woods. Now, I’ve never seen it happen. I miss it every time. This past week, although I missed the first night, I went traipsing around in the dark after midnight looking for them on November...
Nov 13, 2025 | Memoir
All my life, I’ve heard the phrase “mind-numbing pain.” And I’ve been in some intense pain before. I’ve had surgeries in the past two years that left scars and left me crying pretty hard. Right now, I’m having intense tooth pain. Something has been amiss for almost...
Nov 9, 2025 | Memoir
My Big Sister in my Sorority (Pi Sigma Kappa, Purple and Proud), Lynne, Bishop, is having a birthday this week. Last year, we spent opening weekend of the Hard Rock Café in Bristol, VA, at the hotel and casino. We had so much fun, we decided it should become an annual...
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