The writing life is mostly comprised of behind-the-scenes, butt-in-the-chair, angst-ridden periods of time in which you are completely certain you’ve made a horrible mistake. You aren’t truly a writer. No one will ever read your work. It will never be published, and if it is, it will only be read …
2016, with its mirthless misery taught me with no uncertainty that nothing about this life is reliable. Entire chunks of a family …
On my mind tonight is my dear friend Ed McClanahan, much-beloved Kentucky author of such well-regarded books as The Natural Man and O The …
True to my promise to myself, in September, when I dove into the autumn’s writing work full on, I also started …
Monday, Aug. 31 was National Trail Mix Day. I don’t know why. It just was. I feel I should have something poetic …
The words “blue moon” have a certain musicality to them. Poetic thanks to the assonant sounds making up their middles. We all …
I loved doing this interview about Blue Moon Vegan. I have to tell you this was all on-the-spot. No interview questions in …
The magical second time around. Good for lovers and careers, but not so good for bank robbers. More bank robbers get away with …
I should be a little giddy about a new book coming out this Saturday, but mostly I’m just nervous. You can …
Hip is not my style. I don’t follow anyone’s lead. Can’t. It’s not in my genetic make-up. So, surprise, surprise, there we …
Yes, it is Saturday afternoon, and I am writing a blog post. I’m like Walter Mitty, pretending to be actually a new-age …
I’ve spent the past two weeks with my aging parents, helping them navigate the here and now while trying to survive myself in …
The moment every writer dreads: turning on the computer to your most current project, only to find it missing, gone, vanished into the …
Well. I certainly had no idea that writing a cookbook would take so much time and effort. But it has, it does, …
Oh my goodness. Don’t EVER let anyone tell you that photographing food is easy. Here is the line-up for the last 48 …
Vegetarian Stereotype #1–Vegetarians are Wimpy Hippies Who Eat Nothing But Salad Oh come on. Do you really think entire cultures would shun …
Remodeling and revision and reinventing are themes in my life. If you’ve read my work you know that my formative years were …
Lest you think that following a vegetarian or vegan lifestyle means giving up yummies, I decided that the day after National Chip …
One look at the adorable rapture in this young girl’s face and you must have guessed that a post about today …
This is National Peanut Month, although I’m not sure why we have a national peanut month, other than to say it started …
Not that we’re admitting to anything here, but my first date with Phil lasted 24 hours—and we didn’t sleep a wink. Food, …
Let me take this St. Patrick’s Day opportunity to remind you that GREEN is the Leprechaun secret to eternal youth and good …
In honor of National Heart Health Month, I hope you will take a moment and think about your ticker. Think about how …
