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The last chapter of Food is Love.

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Hey all!

The manuscript for Food is Love, my food based memoir, topped off right at 50,000 words, or a 200 page finished book, more or less. I've been…

Making Jelly (and a short update)

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Hey y'all!

This is a rewrite of the muscadine piece from late August, with the addition of the formal recipe for jelly. This is the version going into the book.

I'm 53, and don't know what to do.

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NB: Because most of my creative energy is being spent on revising this book I'm hoping to have out in time for the holidays, it's becoming harder and harder to…

A new micro-project

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Hey friends.

You might have noticed the lack of an essay this weekend - I'm sorry about that. I don't delude myself that any of you are sitting there, tapping…

Here we go again

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Happy Saturday!

My goal is to make the last Saturday of the month an update post - sort of a "this is an overview of where my head is" -…

No essay this week due to extroversion

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Hi friends, 

I'm currently in Akron, Pennsylvania for a church-related meeting, and I have been extroverting hard for two days. I had free time this afternoon where I intended to…

Cat Essay part 2- The Kitten Room

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NB: This is the first draft of the second part of a five-part essay I'm writing for a creative nonfiction class you guys paid for me to take. You can…

In which I solicit advice from my membership team

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Hey y'all!

As people who support, both economically and emotionally, my work, I'd like your opinion on what is, fundamentally, a business decision.

Before I ask, a thing to keep…

The cat essay - part 1

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I'm taking another class (which you guys paid for - thank you!) on creative nonfiction writing, and an assignment is to write a longish essay in five sections. I'll be…

How are you doing?

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During the height of the pandemic, I would start letters occasionally with the question, "How are you doing?"

And then I would follow it with, "Really, I mean it. How…

Waiting

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They were retired farmers, but now lived in a small house on 3 acres we had sold them for $300. According to my grandmother, the best deal she ever made…

The Delta

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Two pieces of housekeeping: Some folks have asked after the kittens - They are doing much better! Their eyesight is better, and it looks like they will all have sight…

Three blind kittens

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They are basically helpless, being five weeks old, blind and weighing less than a pound each. They also have a respiratory infection, and thus can't smell where the food is…

The Southern Institute For Peace

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Hey y’all. 

It’s August, and hotter than Satan’s armpit outside today, so I’m taking advantage of the air conditioning to bring y’all up to date on what’s going on in…

Muscadines in August

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I made muscadine jelly this week. It holds many memories for me, and so I thought I would tell you about it. This piece is long - it needs to…

The new photo

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I had most of an essay done, and planned to finish it up this morning. But then I got distracted, and decided to just tell you about what I was…

Common Ground

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Hey y'all!

A couple of quick notes:

I have a contract! Effective last Monday, I am now the the Interim Director for a regional nonprofit that works to end inequity…

There are no 12 steps for this.

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I have lived with depression my entire life. 

When I was a kid, we didn’t call it depression. Instead, we said I was a moody child. That I was “in…

On the road again.

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Hi friends,

Just a note of apology that I am on the road this weekend, coming home from the Mennonite Church USA Delegate Conference, and don't have the available time…