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    I'm glad you're here. This is my space to keep track of things I've written or seen or made. A friend asked me how to find me here. I warned her that my stories, poems, and essays may not be what she expects. I don't look like I could write a set of stories where so many people die, but sometimes, that's exactly where my imagination goes. Desperation and trauma is much more fun to write than sugary sweet simplicity. So...maybe these aren't for my grandchildren until they are older. I add more every few days and revise a little too, so check back often, or subscribe for notifications. This will always be a work in progress. I will tell you, though, this is an extremely difficult blog format to work with, so forgive the varying font sizes and spaces. 

Short Story Collections

Cotton and Smoke  a novel in stories

    Gracious. I've written I don't know how many stories based on the lives of my ancestors. Here are three collections about three different women in different generations of the same family. Katie, who marries at 13 and walks away into a difficult future; Edna Lee, who grows up in the holler, but makes it out to find a better way to live; and Mary Anne, who learns that heat isn't the only thing that will suck you dry. These are fiction. Just because you recognize a name doesn't mean the story is true. Making up names is hard to do.   

    Here are a few people who don't fit into the plots above, but who I think you'd like to meet.
  
Orientation   a novel in stories  
Multiple stories. More to come     
    A collection of related stories in a narrative line. These deeply dystopian, near future stories are about a society tipped over the edge concerning gender, population limits, birth, death, and governmental control. Check back for more.
    
under construction
    Sometimes characters just show up and tell me their stories. 

    I put these here because I figure if you've made it this far, you need a little something to eat. These are recipes I copied from Grandmother Curry's little stand of brown cards, recipes that I've dug out of the bottom drawer in Mother's kitchen, and a few that I've made up. I'd say most of the recipes were given to us by friends and a few copied from a cookbook or newspaper article. I even have Grandmother Curry's soup mixture recipe. Send me recipes from your family you want to share. There should be a contact form up in the 3 little lines in the left corner.

    Over the years, I've written things that aren't stories or poems, so I've put them here. Everything from backyard chickens to quilt shows. The opinions I expressed at the time are not necessarily the ones I hold now.

    I know you don't like poetry, but try it anyway. I promise they don't rhyme.