So here we are the second day of June. Hallelujah & amen. For awhile there I wasn’t sure I was going to make it. To June. I proclaimed more than a few times during the…
Date Archives 2017
Everything You Want Me to Be
The first thing I will tell you about Mindy Mejia’s mystery Everything You Want Me to Be is that when the big reveal comes, when whodunnit is revealed, I gasped because I did not see…
‘Lucky Boy’ is My Favorite Novel So Far This Year
So far this year I’ve finished reading nineteen books, eighteen of them have been novels. I know we’re not even six months into 2017 and there’s still a lot of reading ahead of me. But…
The Cheese
I didn’t sleep very well last night. It was the first time in twenty-one years that I had gone to sleep in my house completely, totally, utterly alone. No cat. No dog. No roommate. No…
On Anniversaries & Other Assorted Updates
I stopped writing my application of the MN Artist Initiative Grant to come here and type words in this box instead. Applying for the grant can be overwhelming and so it’s best done in little…
Reasons I Cannot Stop Listening to ‘Alabama Pines’ Today
My friend Carrie & I once had a discussion about which Jason Isbell song we could write a book (or maybe it was a short story) about. I think she chose “Outfit” or maybe it…