America’s Next Author: Baby Steps

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Dear Friends, I swore I’d never do it again, this social media writing contest thing. Never say never. My short story, “Baby Steps,” was chosen as a competitor in the 2012 America’s Next Author contest. I’m not normally a short story writer, but this particular story was born out of my next novel, “One Blue, […]

Starkville, Meet Lax

It’s heeeerrrre. Last night was the first “official” parent/player call-out meeting for the Starkville Storm Lacrosse Club. The board room at the Sportsplex was packed, and by the end of the evening, we had 14 high school boys and 2 high school girls on the roster. And our advertisement for last night’s meeting was a […]

Strong Song

Katrina Running a Marathon

It was gorgeous outside yesterday, sun peeking through the clouds, blue sky that went on forever, temperatures in the high 60s. And after a little debacle involving work, I needed to clear my head. Lunch time run, indeed. Chris was in meetings all day, teaching class that evening. I strapped on my Road ID and […]

Upon Further Reflection

Flowers in a Jar

Sometimes my brain works better in lists — random, scattered, unordered. Today is one of those days. That said, I’d like to share 42 thoughts and observations… one for each year of my life thus far. And an extra eight… just for verbosity’s sake. Apparently, I have more than 42 things to remind myself of. […]

In the Middle

Sidebar: This entry was actually written last Tuesday. I forgot to post it. If that isn’t a window into my ragged, disjointed soul right now, I’m not sure what is. Today was one of those days. You know the kind — emphasis on “those,” complete with eye-rolling and audible sighing. We all have them. I […]