For the onion aficionados, the C-19 stay-six-feet-away is a GREAT benefit. A time to throw caution to the winds and eat all of the onions you want. Green onions with beans. Thick onion slices with burgers. Thin slivers of purple onion on salad. Onion cooked in spaghetti sauce. Bring on those savory Mexican tacos withContinue reading “C-19 Benefit”
Monthly Archives: March 2020
A Religious Thread Holds a Red Button in Place
Holy water flows through the Deep South, at times wide and moving swift with significant rapids. Other times it meanders, tea-colored, before sliding into a trickle. Sometimes there are eddies shaded by sweeper branches and mosquitos. No matter, holy water—religion—is pervasive throughout the Deep South. “One Dollar and a Red Button” from If theContinue reading “A Religious Thread Holds a Red Button in Place”
Three Track Medalists, Mexico City, 1968 Olympics reflected in If You Walk Long Enough
The U.S. military fully integrated during the Vietnam War. However, racial equality only existed on paper. In my novel If You Walk Long Enough, black soldier Joe Terrell, serving at the same time as novel protagonist Reid Holcombe, reflects on his experience in Nam. In Saigon bars, base camps, R&R beaches, and duty rosters,Continue reading “Three Track Medalists, Mexico City, 1968 Olympics reflected in If You Walk Long Enough”
Despite the name, there’s no butter: More thoughts from my upcoming novel
Granddaddy’s favorite afternoon snack was leftover cornbread crumbled in a glass of buttermilk. He ate it with a spoon. Mother churned this slightly sour tasting, fermented milk drink once a week. After all, she milked a cow twice a day and had to find different ways to use the milk besides feeding the cats. Continue reading “Despite the name, there’s no butter: More thoughts from my upcoming novel”
