I’m not a literary critic, although the protagonist’s father in Richard Russo’s 1997 novel “Straight Man” is. To be honest, it’s hard to be a critic when I barely know what the word protagonist means. But the Dad in “Straight Man” — who doesn’t make his first appearance until page 343 of my paperback edition… Read More To read on or not
Every new year, our very Southern neighbors prepare me a dinner plate. They’ve been doing it for years — they’re great next-door neighbors — because, in the South, that’s what neighbors do. And they do it because they know that I love it. They come to their back gate, which opens up on our cul… Read More Black-eyed peas and collard greens
We try again. The last page flips, we all take a breath (or go on a societally approved bender), the new year arrives and we try again. We take a minute to look back on the year that has passed, go all Auld Lang Syne on it (or, in the case of 2018, bury it… Read More An old story, a new start
When I was much younger, living a life much, much different than this one, the thought of having kids, of being a father, was completely laughable to me. I grew up in a family with seven kids. I know how difficult it was for Mom and Dad. I remember the tough times. I remember gravy… Read More Parenthood
https://media.giphy.com/media/3oKIPsU8OC7JhkvY8U/giphy.mp4 We’re stuck. For now. We’ve been looking for a new place to live, or at least a new place to check out to live, for some time now. But it’s been a bit of a slog recently. Not only finding a place. But finding a place to check out. Most of Florida is too… Read More The Next Stop Tour: ???
The damn thing just blew up. Mere hours after my last post went live … the damn thing blew up on me. Working one second like a champ, black as its innards the next. My timing sucks. I spent more than three hours waiting at an Apple store the other day — that’s three hours… Read More Gave up the ghost writing
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