Several years ago, I was scheduled to teach my first Knoxville Writers’ Guild writing workshop. I had been teaching composition at local...

Years ago, I used to write a daily private blog about everyday incidents that happened to me. When I return to the entries now, I’m...

Like Facebook popups of memories from years past, I had a vision of a distant Fourth of July. I was nearing the end of my first novel,...

Last (college) semester, Gold Medalist ice skater Scott Hamilton presented a nationwide college broadcast for students to hear his...

Do you ever watch movies that you saw many years ago and fell in love with to see how they hold up and to relive the experience again?...

You’re probably not related to William Shakespeare, are you? So what does the Bard have to do with a genealogical research workshop and...

Do you ever put off working on your writing project because you feel overwhelmed? And then you put it off for a longer period of time...

Recently when I was in Asheville, NC, for a business retreat, I saw a designed trail of human, pig, and turkey concrete footprints in the...