Pieces of My October

Once again, I blinked and October slipped away, like a monster that was there one minute and gone the next, leaving me whirling in circles wondering where it might be hiding. Once again, my favorite month is coming to a close, and I’m sitting here wondering, What did I do the past 31 days? WasContinue reading “Pieces of My October”

That Summer

This poem was published in A Book of the Year 2017, the anthology of first place poems from the Poetry Society of Texas annual contests. Now that it’s July, when we’re steeped in Texas summer, it seems like a good time to share it with you. Plus, I just got home from spending a fewContinue reading “That Summer”

How I Got Here: My Life With Books

I’ve been reading a lot lately. What is “a lot”? Well, my goal was to read 50 books in 2014. As of the end of July, I’ve already finished 46. So, a LOT. Part of the reason for the recent spike in numbers is the discovery of two new forms of reading: audio books andContinue reading “How I Got Here: My Life With Books”