Last night, I finally got to see a full-band show with The Floating Men, and it was so good that it took my breath away. There is something so indescribably amazing about being in the room (a small room, at that) when really good music is being played. It moves me, renders me speechless, and …

Things are good, my friends. Very, very good.

My father is a man of few words, but I’ve always said that those few words are almost always gems, and certainly worth paying attention to. One of his favorite sayings is that “everything is relative” … to be sure, he didn’t come up with the idea on his own, but I find myself smiling …

This will be another one of my rare (but increasingly frequent) posts wherein I bare some things I typically keep pretty close to the vest. Everyone ready? A couple of things happened this week that have really got me thinking about where I’m at these days — emotionally, I mean. The first was a really …

Last night, I was hanging out at Cafe Coco with a new acquaintance, a Nashville-area writer with whom (among other things) I was discussing the first novels we remember reading. I was talking about a book my second-grade teacher, Mrs. Vaughn, read to us. I’ve never been able to remember the name of the book, …

Why do people who live hundreds of miles away from me keep sending me IMs when I log on to OK Cupid? I so don’t understand.

I should be writing a final right now — it’s due soon, and I have a lot of writing in my immediate future. Thank goodness I think fast, am naturally good at organizing my thoughts on the fly, and write even faster. So, a blog! Why not?! I am endlessly — ENDLESSLY — amused by …

I love the verb smart. So often, smart is used as an adjective (or a little ditty, S-M-R-T!)… rarely do I hear anyone use the verb form, which is too bad. I’m smarting this morning, which by definition means something happened I wasn’t expecting. I generally abhor surprises, and this is no different.

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First, I made some dinner tonight using my stainless steel (but fully absent nonstick coating) skillet, and while I was stirring the simmering yumminess and noticed some pieces were sticking to the bottom (but not burning, ’cause I was alert to this possibility and taking preventative action), it occurred to me how nice it was …