by admin | Apr 22, 2010 | News
All week, I’ve been haunted by a strange and disturbing feeling: happiness. I suppose I could blame it on the weather. The unseasonable heat a few weeks ago that forced the landscape into bloom has given way to the kind of dry, warm days and crisp nights usually...
by admin | Apr 15, 2010 | News
I learned a lot about Haiti this week, thanks to a writer friend of mine, Madison Smartt Bell. Madison is a white Southerner, raised in Tennessee, but his love of the island and its people is genuine and deep, and gave rise to a critically acclaimed trilogy of...
by admin | Apr 8, 2010 | News
Waiting is a big part of the writing game. Waiting for inspiration to strike. Waiting for a character to speak. Waiting until a story is finally right. Writing a novel takes patience. The worst part, at least for me, is waiting to hear back from publishers. Times like...
by admin | Apr 1, 2010 | News
One evening in late March, our first year on St. Peter’s Church Road, we were startled by some very strange sounds coming from the little pond by the pole barn: a demented whistling, or beeping, or pinging, like a thousand tiny submarines going nuts with...
by admin | Mar 25, 2010 | News
Right now, reading these words at the kitchen table, or on the sofa, with your fingers curled around the edges of this newspaper, are you happy? Really and truly happy? You’re not alone if you say, “No!” It turns out there’s solid research to...
by admin | Mar 18, 2010 | News
It’s probably not very smart, but I tend to avoid going to the doctor. I have nothing against them personally. In fact, I like talking to doctors, much the same way I like talking to highly competent people in any field. There’s always something to learn,...
