• Florida or Bust and Back Again

    Glorious! That’s my one word for Mother’s Big Birthday bash. On the water, looking out over sunset, surrounded by loved ones. This is my favorite picture of her with my aunt Helen laughing over something really hush, hush. A whispered secret. And a picture of her wishing tree where everyone wrote down wishes for her and …

  • HOME AGAIN!

    The superpower I crave? Teleportation. After miles upon miles on book tour and miserably failing to update this blog at every turn I am safely home again. Part of the trip I journaled and I tried my best to capture the incredible comments and conversations from readers in every city. What has taken me by …

  • From the Road – South Carolina Book Festival – Pt2

    It’s been glorious being with writers and readers in South Carolina. Just wrapped two panels today at the festival. In Pursuit of Enlightenment: Memoirs & Stories & Memoir with Signe Pike. I loved it! Signe Loved it. The readers loved it! And that’s the flat out truth. It was all about how we find enlightenment …

  • From the Road – The South Carolina Book Festival

    All day I’ve thought that I would take time to park and write about the road. From whence I came and where I’m going. That hasn’t happened. I’ve been too blissfully surrounded by readers and writers – people who adore books, words, stories. So the best I can do is say – I am here. …