I hate Valentine’s Day. As we have all realized by now, everything about this designated day of “love” is painfully artificial. (Except the chocolates, they are delicious…) What is so egregiously insulting about this fake holiday is that *real* love is actually the antithesis of [Read more…]

The feeling starts not long after crossing the border, south of Dothan. Though the cotton fields are long past harvest in late November, a light dusting of leftover rebel snow is still tangled in the grassy shoulders of the road. From the car window I [Read more…]

The surgery was a success! I’m so exhausted I can’t form much in the way of coherent thoughts, but here’s my semi-poetic recap of the last few days: Long drive Valet parking Cold air Waiting room Cousin Owen (Smiles) Paper curtains Nervous goodbyes Long hours [Read more…]

The last two weeks have been tough. Really tough. I’m not sure if I shared this before or not, but my target date for finishing Killer Shine was May 18th. I was close — a few chapters short — on the Thursday before my deadline, [Read more…]