Welcome to my website. I’m a writer, lover of animals, reader, teacher, and mischief maker. Perhaps it’s the last category that I most want to excel at! On the site you’ll find stories about readers/friends and their animals, Jitty advice, contests, book news, newsletters, and photos of the things that matter in my life.
I love to hear from my readers, so feel free to drop a line to my e-mail address , and I will write you back.
If you spawn mischief, I’ll join you in it!
My calendar is also on the website, and while my travels are mostly confined to the South, you never know when I might pop up somewhere. So check the calendar to see if I’m going to be in your neck of the woods. I wish I had time to travel, but I also have a small animal rescue (Good Fortune Farm Rescue ) and that keeps me close to home.
Again, welcome!
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Nancy Hubbard normally hangs out with TV and music stars but she took a moment to send a care package to Good Fortune Farm Refuge. We are so grateful.
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Today I spent the afternoon shaving Tundra (I so suck at this) and watching the first season of IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT. Carroll O’Connor took on two controversial roles (that I know of). Gillispe in Heat and Archie in The Bunkers. Sparta and my hometown of Lucedale share much in common. I believed America had turned a racial/misogynistic corner in the 1970s. I was wrong. There are many who want to go back to a society of total white male privilege. It won’t ever happen, I don’t think. But the fact so many want to return to those days makes me angry and sad.
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Today I spent the afternoon shaving Tundra (I so suck at this) and watching the first season of IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT. Carroll O’Connor took on two controversial roles (that I know of). Gillispe in Heat and Archie in The Bunkers. Sparta and my hometown of Lucedale share much in common. I believed America had turned a racial/misogynistic corner in the 1970s. I was wrong. There are many who want to go back to a society of total white male privilege. It won’t ever happen, I don’t think. But the fact so many want to return to those days makes me angry and sad.
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Driving to my booksigning yesterday I saw this huge rainbow. Sorry it isn’t a better photo but I was driving and snapped it at a red light. I had a lovely signing. Jody did a great job hosting a trivia contest in the Doggone Pub she set up in the bookstore. We had a lot of fun and Priya Bhakta had created some great trivia prizes. Driving home the sky was clear and the traffic had cleared out.
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Driving to my booksigning yesterday I saw this huge rainbow. Sorry it isn’t a better photo but I was driving and snapped it at a red light. I had a lovely signing. Jody did a great job hosting a trivia contest in the Doggone Pub she set up in the bookstore. We had a lot of fun and Priya Bhakta had created some great trivia prizes. Driving home the sky was clear and the traffic had cleared out.
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In between Mother’s and Father’s Day I thought I’d post photos of both my parents. These photos were taken when I was in my early to mid-twenties. We were all working journalists. Man, I thought I knew everything worth knowing.
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In between Mother’s and Father’s Day I thought I’d post photos of both my parents. These photos were taken when I was in my early to mid-twenties. We were all working journalists. Man, I thought I knew everything worth knowing.
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Never ask what I do with my time.
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Had a wonderful lunch with my former student Daryl Marcus. Daryl has a short story in the anthology on holding! Excellent story—talented man.
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I’m sitting in my wonderful catatorium that Brian Wilkinson built for me and the critters. I love sitting out here listening to the rain and wind with all my pets. Life is good. Thank you, Brian. He is the smartest, most honest person I’ve ever met. And what a worker!
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I’m sitting in my wonderful catatorium that Brian Wilkinson built for me and the critters. I love sitting out here listening to the rain and wind with all my pets. Life is good. Thank you, Brian. He is the smartest, most honest person I’ve ever met. And what a worker!
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