I am somewhat out of sorts today. I had odd dreams all night (did you know Ellen and Portia are coming to my hometown for their honeymoon, and that Ellen is wearing a light pink chiffon dress in their wedding?) and the phone startled me awake, ...

Let me start by saying that this getting up an hour before the kid thing I’ve been trying has been working out pretty well for me, but not so much for my writing habit, which is why I started doing it in the first place. I won’t bore y...

Well, not really. Leaving in my car is more like it, but I'm going to the Land of No Internet, otherwise known as a house way up in the NC mountains, and I'll be away for a few days. You won't even notice. It will be like--well, it will be like ...