Is it my imagination, or are we all feeling a little moody this month? With the reminders about September 11th, the political fatigue, the suffering related to Hanna and Ike, and now the banks failing, it’s harder than usual to be optimistic. ...

I hope Hanna hurries on out of here tomorrow, because I’m supposed to do a reading of All on Account of You in Wake Forest, at The Storyteller’s Bookstore at 3:00 p.m. Even though Hanna’s gotten a little stronger in the past few hours, she...

Where did the last two weeks go? Seriously, time has been disappearing on me. Is this happening to you guys too? I wrote this (below) on August 22nd, then checked with my friends to make sure they were cool with it, and that’s the last thing I...