Spooky Greetings!

  Photo: Two Ghouls, 2010. You shoulda seen how they looked at us @ roadside Pops BBQ & Convenience Mart–near small-town Pulaski, Tenn.–when I paid for our gasoline. Wink….Today, beware of any witch-hatted women drivin' round in...

The Language of Loss: Putting Grief Into Words

October days in Nashville can be surprisingly toasty but forthcoming winter breezes whisk away the humidity. It was such a day nearly eight years ago. I stood in line at an author's booth at our city's annual beloved and acclaimed Southern Festival of Books. I...

DisAbility: A Couple of Spiritual Takes

"The Journey with Grace" featured mother-daughter "awetistics" Gayle Lee and Lyrica Marquez in June, 2011 when their beautiful coffee table book premiered in Nashville. I noshed on its' meaty contents all summer. And now so can you via the...

Time to Eat Real

Did you know that today, Monday, October 24, is National Real Food Day? I believe that eating fake food is part of our country's cultural degradation. That and television. Seriously, I do. Junk in. Junk out….And yes, not only have I posted this in...

Recap: Fall Break Pilgrimage 2 Grayton

How rude. Monday's here and Grace is back in school and Life dares to return to…"normal." Especially rude in that last week was our luscious fall break. It was my fourth fall break pilgrimage to Grayton Beach, the sweet little state-park-protected...