“Matlock has a gift for telling what she calls ‘the secret lives of ordinary people.’”
~Detroit Free Press
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Sowing and Reaping
I had planted the caladiums two years ago, actually moving them from where they annoyed me to where I thought they would add just the right color. Then came an unusually bitter cold and dry winter, followed with a severe drought. The caladiums did not come up, and I clean forgot all about them. I even…
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National Celiac Awareness Month– and the Gluten-Free Chicken Adventure Continues
May is National Celiac Awareness Month. I don my celiac advocacy hat. Darlings, do you have migraines? Tingling hands and feet? Gained or lost a lot of weight. Chronic fatigue? You have my prayers, and urge to get yourself over to check out the info on celiac disease at the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness…
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Just Finished Roxanna Slade, by Reynolds Price.
Roxanna Slade: A Novel by Reynolds Price My rating: 4 of 5 stars I found this an enjoyable read, and even one I might re-read. Yet it was an odd book, too. There were, in fact, a couple of plot points I really couldn’t buy. Likely these plot turns were effects Reynolds counted on to…
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Writing Advice
A week or so ago, my friend Carolyn and I had an exchange that amounted to my answer to the most basic question I am asked from people wanting to write, which boils down to: “Am I good enough?” Let me make clear: I do not read people’s work. I made an exception for my…
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Written on the Billboard
There’s this enormous billboard on the hill of a busy road over in west Mobile. It says: “God Supports You.” Whenever I see it, I look around in other cars and wonder if other people are as glad to see the boosting thought as I am. I don’t think I can be the only one.…
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