A slice of the past in song
That’s the beauty of art. It captures moments, dreams, imagined lives, not all that comes to pass.
Stories told live in January 2024
The tales in this collection are meant to be told. Watch now.
She didn’t plan it, a 50-word story
She didn't plan it. Who plans to fall fast for a seeker, a traveler?
Never, a 100-word story
Miss Millie never had a job as far as we knew, never had family over, never greeted us from her porch when we sashayed by …
Amaryllis, a name to keep – Part 2
The story of how the flower Amaryllis belladonna got its name.
Can you write a story at Great America?
And then with a bam-boom-schram-a-flam, the grapnel swapfnicker sort of thing rose up from the leaves in the creek bed, and he tore off his head, which wasn't his head at all, but a mask
Book cover brainstorming
I’m preparing to work with a designer on the cover for ON SHINBONE LANE, my novel in progress.
Hostage on a Barge
The tuplip ate my skin. No lie. Insides exposed, I felt curiously steamy …
Do people memorize poems anymore?
Memorizing poems used to be a regular part of English class back in the Sixties. What about today?
Luck o’ the Irish giveaway
You could win a Kindle reader, virtual gift basket of ebooks or paperback books.
Fiddling around with AI art
I tried out NightCafe this morning and created four images by entering a few words and making a couple of style choices. I didn’t expect to come up with anything I could use.
Remember me as loving you, a story recovered
I remember the love in his eyes when we all sang together. I felt like he could penetrate right into my soul, like he saw who I was, when nobody else was even looking for me.
Win 16 paperbacks and a $150 gift card
I’m taking part in a joint giveaway with fifteen other authors. A first place winner will received sixteen paperback books and a $150 Amazon gift card.
New show coming from Off the Page Readers Theater
A treat for theater and literature lovers in beautiful Sonoma County, California: Off the Page Readers Theater’s 2022 show is coming in October.
In dispute, a tiny story
But her jerk of a brother said to let it go, pretend it was never theirs.
A child’s summer long ago
A memory of standing in front of a camera, smiling wide as a sunset, no worries about how I looked.