Two Books to Add to Your Reading Pile

Not sure why this cover is printing so small — it in no way reflects my enthusiasm for Joni Sensel’s latest book. I have to confess to being jealous — I mean, don’t you wish you’d come up with the idea to write a book about someone who hears numbers?! On top of that, she’s… Read more »

Resolutions and Revisions

This is the Sentinel, a heron who most often sits in the big leaf maple that overhangs the bank at Shangri-Lar. We found him, brooding, down the beach on a post-New Year’s walk. I could relate: I’ve been in a brooding mood, too, over the novel that’s not getting written. So I’ve made a New… Read more »

One of the highlights of 2008 was having a book come out that I’d written with a good friend. Two Bobbies: A True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship and Survival happened because of my good friend, Mary Nethery. The book came out in August and now we wrap up the year with a lovely piece… Read more »