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October 2013

October 21, 2013

Ode to Piggly Wiggly

Perhaps you have heard the news? Piggly Wiggly has been bought out. It's like someone...

October 17, 2013

Eat Worms & Die

Quit trying to be your children's best friend and be their parent. That was the...

October 16, 2013

When the gift isn’t good enough

"God, you are the slim crescent of a moon that I see and my self...

October 09, 2013

Atchison Blue: Book Giveaway

Every now and again I get the urge to leave behind the mess that is...

October 07, 2013

The Death of Miriam Carey: An Unnecessary Cruelty

There will be a lot of people who disagree with me. I don't mind. Disagreement...

October 03, 2013

Fiction vs. Non-Fiction

I often get asked which is more difficult to write, non-fiction or fiction, which is...

October 02, 2013

Parachute Powell: A visit with a Modern-Day Zeb

While making an appearance at Litchfield Books in South Carolina, I had the opportunity to...

September 2013

September 28, 2013

Write like Nicholas Sparks

I woke up in North Carolina this morning, just a stone's throw over the mountain...

September 27, 2013

A Day at Stone Bridge Farms

"Looking back, I love the South so much, even though there was a time when...

September 23, 2013

Tribe of Blood Kin

“I sustain myself with the love of family.” ― Maya Angelou They told him he has...

September 17, 2013

A Shooter and his prey

Once again we walk through our day shaking our heads in disbelief, muttering prayers...

September 17, 2013

Introducing my new BFFs

Early yesterday morning, after a full day of travel by van, three airplanes, and my...

September 14, 2013

The Jesus Haint

She crooked her finger at me, right there in the middle of the Art Circle...

September 14, 2013

Pedicures and Pumpkin Lattes

Did you know, that at $4.75, seven Pumpkin Spice Lattes cost you about $35. Maybe...

September 13, 2013

The Gordon of Crossville, TN

My buddy Gordon took this photo on April 16, 2007. I know the date...

September 12, 2013

Speaking Love through Soccer Balls and Bear Hugs

Miz Shelby is guest blogging from Guatemala with World Vision. My stomach was in knots....

September 11, 2013

Guide Mother

Miz Shelby guest blogging from Guatemala. Over half a dozen children sit quietly...

September 11, 2013

Remembering 9-11 with Miss Lillian

Lillian revisiting her memories of Marjorie I stopped by to see my friend Lillian...

September 09, 2013

Building New Communities

It's Miz Shelby here again. Today's the day I head out on the adventure with...

September 07, 2013

Baptists and Bass Fishermen

I was sitting there, minding my own business, not bothering nobody, when this fellow in...

September 06, 2013

Dolly Pardon at Pine Mountain

Dolly Pardon joined us at The French Market in Pine Mountain and urged everyone to...

September 04, 2013

War Games: Creation gone Catatonic

He walked over with a wooden cane, asked if the leather chair near me...

August 2013

August 31, 2013

Are You Jealous?

The writer sitting next to me at dinner wanted to know -- was it going...

August 30, 2013

A Conversation with Mountain Women

If Mee-Maw was the one you loved nearly better than Jesus, if you are familiar...

August 29, 2013

The Trinity of Unemployment, Addiction & Depression

Editor's Note: When I wrote about the Biscuit Outlaw and shared that post,...

August 26, 2013

The Biscuit & Black Coffee Outlaw

Sunday morning started with four cups of flour and Mama's biscuit-cutter. There are two things...

August 25, 2013

Granny-Porn

She was standing behind one of those tables used at church potlucks. One of dozens...

August 22, 2013

The Believer’s Serenity Prayer

God grant me this thing I ask Help me to change the things...

August 20, 2013

They Walk Among Us

They walk among us, the despairing do. Some are quiet, unassuming, gentle souls. Others are...

August 18, 2013

Building a Domestic Military?

Our local county Sheriff Department is seeking funding from civic organizations to buy Kevlar vests...

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