A lot of people had a difficult time reading in 2020. With the world in such a mess, it can…
Preparing to Write: A Not-for-the-Faint-of-Heart Guide
I’ve heard there are some writers who just start. These writers, if I’m to believe the stories, put pen to…
30 Days of Books
On January 1, 2018, my friend Chad and I decided to start a Facebook reading group. It wasn’t supposed to…
On not revising (at least for now)
On the evening of January 31, 2019, I sat in a third floor classroom of Loft Literary in Minneapolis and…
Two Bedsides
March 4, 2006 The phone rang at our Texas home on Saturday afternoon. It was the nursing home Dad had…
The Making of Margaret Hyde
My forebears gaze at me, neatly arrayed in the sepia tones of 1936. In the center sits the patriarch, my…
My Year in Reading (2018 Edition)
It could be seen as a sad commentary on my life that my last post on this blog was over…
Favorite Books! (2017 Edition)
We’re getting close to the end of the year, so it’s time to consider my favorite reads of 2017. In…
Contraception, Abortion, and the Rhymes of History
On October 6, the Trump administration rolled back a key facet of the Affordable Care Act that required employers to…
Diving Down the Rabbit Hole
When Alice went down the rabbit hole, she found a wonderland of bizarre characters and strange goings-on she had never…
