I usually go to the Chattahoochee River to hear the drumbeat of my soul in the silence of a stand of woods that lines its shore or the rhythmic flow of eternity between its riverbeds. […]
You gotta be in it to win it
So, after twenty years of watching with my family as our hallowed Saturday night ritual, and now with my Peace Corps service delayed (potentially for years) by COVID-19, I finally applied for Survivor. Making a […]
“Stories Connect People” Podcast!
So I get an email from a woman named Polly Van Duser and she asks if she can interview me for her podcast, Stories Connect People. What happened next was one of the most enjoyable […]
Today Is Not That Day (UPDATED)
There will be a day I can no longer do this. Today is not that day. My hope is to one day ride bikes with grandchildren. That doesn’t just happen all of a sudden. That […]
RIP, Mulie
The metal pickers come in the night and they take old screens and tools and empty cans to redeem for pennies on the pound — precious payment needed now more than ever. This week, they […]
Spokesgirl
I’m researching a new work of Young Adult fiction this summer (I tapped out of both Facebook and Instagram to provide myself with space to focus on this). Years ago, I wrote a Young Adult […]
Summer reading
Happy Summer! If you’re a summer-reading kind-of-person, you may enjoy my books (the two that are available in both print and digital formats are shown above; the rest are instantly downloadable to any device). Here […]
Bikes fix things
We are carrying so much trauma right now, in so many ways. Bikes help. They may even fix things — not all of them, but maybe enough to keep you (and your city) going. I […]
