Afghanistan, Burkas, and the Cathode TubeOne balmy summer afternoon in 2005, a trio of girls wearing burkas floated across the lobby of the Marriott hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan…May 15, 2023May 15, 2023
The Words You LoveA friend recently called and discussed their plan for more writing in the New Year. How to start? What to say? Do you need a special room…Jan 3, 2023Jan 3, 2023
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The Revenge of the Country GirlSunday evenings at my farm here in North Carolina, I join ten million of my peers and tune in to Yellowstone to see Beth Dutton ravage the…Dec 22, 20222Dec 22, 20222
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Of Tits and TigersHow having cancer taught me to love the uncertainties that stalk usAug 17, 2020Aug 17, 2020
He Hate MeIn the late 1980s, the short-lived XFL took professional football by a very short lived storm. Billed as rougher and sexier than that…Aug 12, 2020Aug 12, 2020