It Happened Like This & Other Stuff
Welcome to my blog. Here are some true tales about growing up Southern, some stories about how everyday things are sometimes more meaningful than they seem, and some musings about stuff connected some way or other to my books.
Blog Categories:
- Liberty and Justice for Everyone
- Looking on the Good Side
- Memories are Where You Find Them
- You Have to See the Humor in It
Newest Justice Gives Table-Turning History Lesson
Recently, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson gave Justice Clarence Thomas and the three justices appointed immediately before her—Neil Gorsuch, Bret Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett—a history lesson in “originalism.” But I…
Four-Leaf Clovers and Life-Changing Rocks
Other than I sometimes spend a few moments looking for four-leaf clovers while I’m outside with my dog Gracie, this post has nothing to do with clover. It has a…
Apps, Veterinarians, and Chocolate Chip Cookies
Initially, I was going to call this blog, “What the Devil Are Apps and How Do You Exterminate Them?” But right in the middle of writing it, vets put in…
Planes, Trains, Buses, and the Calaboose
This blog is not about Steve Martin and John Candy. But it is about behavior almost as stupid as that of their characters in their famous holiday movie. It’s also…
Why Remember Hate
Does the tremendous amount of hatred over the course of human history and across the world today ever become personally overwhelming even when it’s not aimed at you? And then…
The Necessity of Knowing Both Past and Present
This past week, as I tried to carve out time to work on my next novel while also following the crisis in Ukraine and the Senate hearings on the new…