The sight or smell of a cigarette repels me. Wretched. Disgusting. Downright stinky. Josefina Aguilar, Oaxaca Mexico Curiously, two...

LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Tech Athletics has received a monumental $5 million gift from NFL superstar Patrick Mahomes and his wife, Brittany...

Take a look at this literary journal's stunning website. Love the title and the graphics and the fact that one of my pieces titled...

I think we writers are a most supportive group. Big time fans of one another's work! David Reed is a guy whose writing is beyond...

The purpose of this blog post is a giant mushy thank-you to all you hopeless romantics who believe in fairy tales and their power and...

The older I get the more important it is for me to go home. Home to Texas home where my youth played out. Where my girl hood launched....

After multiple crunch time plane excursions, the idea of getting in an automobile and traveling north from San Diego had great appeal....

1. My father freaked out when he heard "All Shook Up" and saw the gyrations 2. So did I... 3. Couldn’t quite keep up with Baz...

I look forward to the Fourth of July celebration in my neighborhood at Fern’s impressive sweeping perch where all three of the major San...

“So what was the highlight of your Texas Trip this year,” my spirited longtime closest Texas friend asked as she edged her sleek black...

I am an incurable list maker—never more in my sweet spot than at the beginning of the New Year when it’s time to write resolutions....

I know they consider me a foreigner… And maybe I am. In a way, they are too. Those Texas girls. I return to my stomping grounds there...

"Sweet and Sour" Yep, that's what I wrote about. The submission instructions - unpublished fiction or nonfiction narratives based loosely...

My Texas story-telling friend Chris sent pictures this week of snow—two inches—fallen across her acreage and her birdhouses. Unusual for...

Anguish mounted. “I have moved those damn tables into every room in this house and they don’t belong anywhere. I need to get rid of...

The long and winding road to flat belly… In reality the road is long, but not winding. In order for me to pare down the girth of my...