The Birthday Brat

July 9, 2010 by - 5 Comments

This photo is from my fifth birthday party in 1967–the year Elvis married Priscilla, Otis Redding died, Thurgood Marshall became the first African-American on the Supreme Court, and the world was rocked by the Six Day War. We don’t look very concerned, do we? I’m the second girl from the left, who looks like she …Read More

Shiny Object Saturday: The Sleep Mask

June 26, 2010 by - 7 Comments

I was torn between highlighting two of my favorite Audrey Hepburn/Breakfast at Tiffany’s* shiny objects. But since I no longer regularly use a long, slim, elegant cigarette holder (and no longer smoke cigarettes, for that matter), I decided to go with that symbol of late-sleeping decadence, the sleep mask. Here’s Audrey/Holly in hers–So adorable! I …Read More

Horatio Alger–Reconstituted by Galley Cat

June 24, 2010 by - 1 Comment

Unless I’m swamped with deadlines, I find it hard to resist the invitation to write a little something out of my comfort zone. No matter that the invitation is open to every writer on the planet…So I was intrigued to read Galley Cat’s open call for contributions to the World’s Largest Literary Remix a while …Read More

More Secrets

June 23, 2010 by - 5 Comments

  Whenever I’m about to check out of a hotel, I have a burning desire to leave something behind in the towels that remain, folded and unused, on the shelf in the bathroom. It might be a note, or a dollar, or a photograph, or a wind-up set of chattering, plastic teeth. I don’t know–just …Read More

Graffiti for the Dead

June 19, 2010 by - 1 Comment

As we drove east this past week I saw a lot of stunning roadside memorials, fresh with Memorial Day decorations: flowers, stuffed animals, pictures, and flags. Roadside memorials seem to shout, to demand attention for the dead. But, colorful as they are, I never take photos of them. It seems exploitative, somehow. Intrusive. I’m always …Read More

Read a Good Book, Do a Good Deed

June 10, 2010 by - 3 Comments

The fine folks at Press 53, who recently published my sweet Pinckney’s gorgeous story collection, MIRACLE BOY and also publish our SURREAL SOUTH series, are doing a good deed for our soldiers. If you purchase any Press 53 book between now and Flag Day, June 14th, Press 53 will send a copy of the book …Read More

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