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I am delighted to announce that I will be serving on the 2026-2027 board of the Poetry Society of Texas. I’ll spend the year shadowing Barbara Blanks, with an eye towards picking up some of her duties in the next couple of years as she moves onward.

It’s been such a busy week! On Thursday, May 28th, I was one of the named headliners (along with my friends Janet Tyner, Carol Thompson, and Ilenya Marrin) for the Winnsboro Spoken Word Open Mic Night for the Winnsboro Center of the Arts. We drove the hour over to Winnsboro once again and had a grand old time with MC Mike Guinn, JDarrell Kirkley, and others. (Then I went to my niece’s wedding on…

Beloved As We Are, the book on disability in congregations that I contributed to, is now available for pre-order! As you well know, it has been several years in the making. We’re so glad it is finally out! Here’s the link to the UUA Bookstore’s listing: Beloved as We Are It is also listed on Amazon.com.

This Wednesday, I’m speaking to the Open Door Writing Group about Characters and Body Language.

In March, I wrote 6037 words. Of those words, 416 were for this blog (2 short posts), 2474 were for my journal, 0 were for handouts, scripts, and slides for lessons 2744 were on various social media accounts, 168 were poetry (2 short poems), and 651 were in short stories (4 pieces of flash fiction). There were only 9 days that I didn’t write anything, but my word count was low due to…

Hey y’all! I’m talking about Writing Subplots at Open Door Writing Group today! Same Bat Time, Same Bat Channel! Hope to see you soon!

I will be speaking to the Rusk County Poetry Society at their March meeting on March 19, 2026 in Henderson, Texas. My topic is “Line Breaks and White Space.” Hope to see y’all there!

In February 2026, I wrote an unreasonably tiny amount of words (4422). Of those words, 416 were for this blog (2 short posts), 1972 were for my journal (27 entries), 722 were for handouts, scripts, and slides for lessons (one for the Open Door Writing Group), 1134 were on various social media accounts, 0 were poetry (none! at all! alas!), and 178 were in a single short flash fiction…

This week at 1pm in the Makerspace at the Tyler Public Library I will be speaking at the Open Door Writing Group on What I Learned from “Write Smart, Write Happy” and “How to Make a Living as a Poet”, including tips and tricks to help you live your best, most creative, productive writing life.

In January 2026, I wrote 5329 words. Of those words,• 802 were for this blog (3 short posts),• 1230 were for my journal,• 2156 were for handouts, scripts, and slides for lessons (one for the Open Door Writing Group and one for Asher Point Independent Living Facility),• 585 were on various social media accounts,• 63 were poetry (1 short poem and 1 long),• and 491 were in short stories (2 pieces of…

This week at 1pm in the Makerspace at the Tyler Public Library I will be speaking at the Open Door Writing Group on Planning Your Writing Life, including tips and tricks to help you live your best, most creative, productive writing life.

Asher Point reached out to me through the library to come speak to their book club about writing, books that I’ve written, and all things books and reading. I can’t wait to talk to their Book Club! 🙂

I’ve been very bad about tallying up all of last year’s writing, but I think I’m finally done with it. In 2025, I wrote 104,303 words. Of those words, 5559 were for this blog (29 short posts), 3,660 were in 2 essays 26,396 were for my journal, 43,436 were for handouts, scripts, and slides for lessons (15 lessons), 15,692 were on various social media accounts, 12,094 were poetry (68 poems –…

This book from A Worthy Press hopes to help teens and young adults choose a career path that best fits their God-given talents. Each contributor shared insights from their own career journey—what they learned, what they’d do differently, and the wisdom they wanted to pass on to the next generation. I wrote my essay on the one thing I’ve done most consistently in my life – wrangling volunteers. I…