It's impossible to visit New Orleans and not eat well.  This, however, was probably my favorite meal. Crabmeat Cheesecake Palace ...

They jumped from the burning floors— one, two, a few more, higher, lower. The photograph halted them in life, and now keeps them above t...

My friend Lesa , knowing I love the work of Mary Oliver , shared this essay with me this morning.   https://bookriot.com/?p=136011 ,  writ...

This has broken my heart - how many times can one heart be broken in a day?  I can thank Don Barley for introducing me to Don Willia...

My heart broke on May 27th, 2017 when I heard the news about Gregg Allman's death. Today it breaks again as I listen to the last alb...

A neighbor is hosting a neighborhood Labor Day get-together this afternoon.  My contribution will be an Apple Pound Cake. This is one of ...

I'm at Jungle Red today, chatting about Paris - ooh la la! I hope you'll stop by for a visit  -   http://www.jungleredwriter...

Annabelle Barley. What can I say about Annabelle Barley. Well. I can say this . . .  She is THE most mischievous dog I have eve...

I sit in one of the dives On Fifty-second Street Uncertain and afraid As the clever hopes expire Of a low dishonest decade: Waves of a...

Release Date:     August 29, 2017 I have, most of my life, had a list of authors I've considered my "auto-buy...

I love to write. But, I hate to write while telling myself I need to be doing it. So, I guess, like Dorothy Parker, " . . .  I l...