Mystery, Memoir, and Meaning

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The First Saturday in May
I was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and my mother grew up there, and my father lived there long enough to meet my mother. My mother’s parents lived…
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Dead Ringer: Chapter Twenty-One
Go here to read Chapter Twenty. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE I left Weston Roper a badly shaken man and called Mark from the car, threading my way through early…
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Waltie Wonderful
Sometime around when I was 14 or so I added a nickname to “Daddy” and “Daddy Bear,” the two standard names for my father, and began calling him Waltie…
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Dead Ringer: Chapter Twenty
From the end of Chapter Nineteen. Weston’s gray-blue eyes widened and his face flushed, and he choked on a response that seemed to want out real bad…
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There...and Back Again
Hello, Dear Friends! In recent weeks I’ve traveled back to my beloved Albuquerque where I caught up with wonderful friends, cuddled with sweet Princess…
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March 2023
Quick Plug! Upcoming Workshop!
Hey, all! I’m honored to be teaching an online workshop in June through Jeannine Ouellette’s Elephant Rock. It’s called “Resurrecting the Dead…Files.” I…
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#AmCooking #AmEating #AmRemembering
Tell me where you are from, just using food. I’ll start. Country Ham with Red-Eye Gravy and White Grits.Mystery, Memoir, and Meaning is a…
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Dead Ringer: Chapter Nineteen
Here we go. Chapter Nineteen. (Need a refresher? Reread Chapter Eighteen here.) CHAPTER NINETEEN I stood in the hotel hallway with my mouth open. Mark…
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February 2023
Down the Rabbit Hole(s)
It’s Fridaaaay! Mystery, Memoir, and Meaning is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or…
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Dead Ringer: Chapter Eighteen
Link to Chapter Seventeen. Mystery, Memoir, and Meaning is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a…
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Awe as Antidote
In a previous post, I mentioned an On Being podcast episode on “The Thrilling New Science of Awe” with UC Berkeley social psychologist Dacher Keltner…
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Dead Ringer: Chapter Seventeen
A big welcome to new subscribers and big thanks to those who have become paying subscribers! (Adding two more paid subscriptions would get me to my goal…
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