Category: Humans

  • The Passin’ of Jimmy Carter

    Toward the end of Harper Lee’s classic novel, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ when the rape trial of Tom Robinson has concluded and Atticus Finch is walking toward the exit, Reverend Sykes instructs Scout, Atticus’ daughter, to rise. “Miss Jean Louise,…

  • Living Forever on a Greek Island

    After the first few weeks, I didn’t know what day it was. By that, I don’t mean that I didn’t know if it was a Monday or a Tuesday. I didn’t know if it was a Monday or a Saturday.…

  • Sharks in Coach (Talking about my Novel with my LA Agent)

    My LA agent had been sitting on my book for a couple of months.  I’d gotten no feedback from him, only the studied silence of a poised insect.  I decided to breach the stillness and give him a call. The…