Communicating well with others is is a skill. It's important. It's a necessity for personal success, and a war I'm determined to win.

Some weeks ago, I attended a mid-week prayer meeting and a lovely woman approached afterward and murmured ‘I’m not sure what this means...

This Christmas holiday, I’m torn between regret that my kids are grown, and joy that they are forging their own lives and their own...

Recently I was invited to speak at a local author’s group. Thinking the group size would be modest, I brought along ten or so of my books...

With the recent tanking of the economy and stock market, my husband and I have arranged an appointment with each other at 10:30 a.m. on...

Recently I participated in a Zoom meeting with my publisher, Level Best Books, and participating colleagues to hear what the subrights...

I often add kids into my stories, and I guess it’s because in spite of the fact that mine are all grown now, there are still issues. I...

The marsh grass is the color of wheat, now. Little did I know, that when we bought this house, the lowcountry marsh behind it would...

It feels strange to go out now. If I have to sneeze (heaven forbid) and I am in a store, even though masked, I feel like a ‘super...

There is one thing my husband and friends mock and denigrate me about as if I were the queen of fools. Quite honestly, I’m sick of it. I...

I cannot imagine what California and New York are going through. Enforced isolation. Isn’t that a little like, um, prison? I know, I...

Most conversations are simply monologues delivered in the presence of a witness. –Margaret Miller Isn’t a conversation a two-way street?...

Christmas has come and gone, and with it, my balloon-like joy.  It popped the minute everyone left my house. Oh, we had lovely memories...

Family gatherings with all their differing perspectives and personalities are often difficult to manage, but throw in a history cluttered...

Be it an overloaded calendar, an unruly or inappropriate co-worker, a toxic relationship or activity, an adult child or friend that has...

I figured, yeah, I’d be one of about five people there. When I got there at six on the dot, all seats were taken in a room that held...

There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, “Thy will be done,” and those to whom God says, “Your will be done.”...

I just returned from spending a week with my eighty-year-old mom. To say it was depressing is an understatement. Imagine a hermit crab...

Alone. My husband and I met and married in the throes of empty-nesting; and most of our vacations have been accompanied by various...

I realized in short order that the monster vines were pretty much connected and that I needed to find the roots. This took a bit of...