Since I blogged (bragged) about how The Writers centers me, I took that idea and ran with it. … [Read more...]
Natural solace
I am not a dedicated gardener, but I like to have flowers in the yard. At the end of May I went to a local garden shop and bought a bunch of things to plant in window boxes and containers. A nice young woman helped me select the flowers. I wanted some hanging plants but something different than potato vine or ivy. So she suggested these and I went along with the idea, probably not paying too much attention to her description other than it was a full-sun plant and drought … [Read more...]
Still growing solace
Solace in So Many Words is two years old, and I am trying to build some new interest in the book. After all we know that its subject matter is timely so the collection is still relevant. When I read about soldiers returning home from Afghanistan, I think of Dave Lachance's "Nagasaki Shadows.' Whenever I hear about Texas I think of Buck Odom and wonder how he's doing ever since I read J. Scott's Smith's compelling "Heartbeat," which renders Buck so well that I think of him … [Read more...]