On Being Simply True

  Some months ago, my dear friend, poet and author Mary Langer Thompson, sent me a copy of the book pictured above, Why To Kill a Mockingbir...

  Forest Falls, named in part for a very tall, very beautiful cascading waterfall (called "Big Falls") at the east end of town, is...

  It’s been a very long time since I’ve been kissed, and it finally happened today! Details to follow…. If you live in Southern California...

  I was 23 years old when I wrote my first book, 25 by the time it was released across the country by a national book publisher. Ah, the goo...

  Friends, it has been over a month since I posted here. Usually, my absence from the blog means that I am sad or ruminating or preoccupied ...

  "Let sleeping dragons lie," by Eirescei, can be found on DeviantArt.com. (Used with permission.) I’ve heard a lot of talk recent...

  Bread is such an amazing food, isn’t it? Take a handful of ingredients—salt, sugar, flour, water, yeast—maybe some olive oil and rosemary—...