Fiction writers mine their own experiences and those of other people. When I began writing, I was shy about appropriating…
Esoterica
My hero
The mystery genre is especially welcoming to recurring characters. Some of the great ones have appeared in dozens of books,…
Sense of Place
I’m from a small town in Southeastern Oklahoma called Antlers. My literary hero Larry McMurtry said that writers carry a…
Why brush?
I once devoted a blog to that ubiquitous utilitarian object, the toothbrush. I said I hated my toothbrush and wished…
Tootsie
Kathy Whitmire and Linda, circa 1977. My new sister-in-law had just learned that I knew how to operate a sewing…
Topping Out
I have a peculiar interest in skyscraper construction. Or maybe we all do and I just got lucky and landed…
Remembering…
Antlers High School Class of 1964 Cathey S. Bartlett Foster, US Navy LTJG, died September 23, 1989, buried Arlington National…
The RESTING HEART, ch6
Chapter 6: Married My first home as a married teenager was three rooms of a house adjacent to Texas Tech…
The RESTING HEART, ch5
Chapter 5: Teens In 1957 Daddy was without family, living alone in Claypool, Arizona, a condition he must have found…