City Girl

After a week or two of relatively cooler temperatures, last week jumped back up to near triple digits. Last night at church I heard someone refer to the “fake Fall” we experienced earlier. […]

My experiences at the Rains County Fair began in September of 2015. My first memoir was published in digital format on July 1, 2014, and it was released in print in January of 2015. […]

Bugs are not my favorites among God’s creations. […]

Several years ago, David began a concerted effort to reconnect with some of his high school friends and Navy buddies. […]

As an author, I am sometimes asked to speak about my books, about writing in general, and other topics related to my work. […]

Pastor Jason’s sermon Sunday morning was from Ecclesiastes 11, and he talked a lot about generosity. […]

Writers, like most creative people, tend to be temperamental at times, and rigid things like weekly deadlines are not on our list of favorite things. […]

Since Rains ISD begins classes on Monday, August 12, I recently posted a cartoon on Facebook that showed the back of a school bus with the red stop sign extended on the left-hand side. […]

With all that has gone on this week in the presidential race and all the controversy surrounding the Olympics, it seemed only natural to write about – toilet seats! […]

No, I’m not the only writer in Rains County. I became very aware of that fact several weeks ago when, in a two-day time period, three aspiring writers approached me to share their plans to write a book or to expand and publish a work in progress. […]