I had intentions to write about the more subtle devastations of war, the effects that are visited on those who stay behind—the children, the wives, and mothers. I had a vague idea that my own life, though so removed from those events, also had been affected by my ancestor’s role in the two wars—and I was right, in more ways than I could anticipate.
Category Archives: Safe in Your Head
Merry Christmas
This one is especially for those Star Trek nerds like me: For the rest of you…
Some Great Events in Savannah and Statesboro that You Won’t Want to MIss
Today I’m using this blog post for a shameful promotion of some really cool events that I’m lucky to be featured in. October 5 from noon to 4PM The Book Lady Book Store, 6 East Liberty Street, Savannah Local Author Day sponsored by The Book Lady Bookstore, now one of Savannah’s landmarks and definitely theContinue reading “Some Great Events in Savannah and Statesboro that You Won’t Want to MIss”
Everything That Matters I Learned From My Tennis Instructor
I’m severely astigmatic, which goes a long way in explaining those traumatic adolescent experiments in sports that my teachers put me through. And I don’t mean just the usual traumatizing gym class so overplayed in teen movies, even though I had plenty of those teen-movie angst moments, like when my American peers thought to welcomeContinue reading “Everything That Matters I Learned From My Tennis Instructor”
Goodbye Beautiful
As I am preparing for the imminent release of my book, Safe in Your Head, I am tinkering with all these new online technologies to see about preparing a book trailer. It’s not so much that I think the book trailer will help sales, but because for some time now I have been thinking aboutContinue reading “Goodbye Beautiful”