Roadie Caption Competition
So you may have heard by now that I’m on a book tour. You can find my schedule here, to see if I’m going to be in your area anytime soon. These photos, however, are from my trip to Clarkston,...
View ArticleNew York City’s Mayor Mom
(Editor’s Note: Disclaimer: The following is NOT a real news story. It is satire, told for fun. Still, I imagine someone will read this and prove Mayor Mom’s point.) Mayor Bloomberg must be having...
View ArticleGod’s Poetry again
A year ago, when I was in my hometown, I stopped by the Starbucks on Manchester Expressway, not far from the junior high I attended. I was there working when I struck up a conversation with a young...
View ArticleThe Red-Lettered Gospel of a Homeless Poet
Seattle’s evening rush hour traffic had finally eased off. An all-day rain had soaked the city silver. A man wearing a bear pelt cape called out as I exited Seattle’s Grand Hyatt Hotel. “Hey Miss!”...
View ArticleIn Pursuit of Self-Indulgence
So you heard about this fellow in Washington State who ordered the most expensive Starbucks drink ever? $47.30. For one drink. Beau Chevassus didn’t actually pay for the drink. It was his 27th...
View ArticleBless Your Heart: Book Giveaway
Sister Tater and I pulled into the parking lot at the very same Starbucks where we took Mama almost everyday. It was a terrible Starbucks as far as Starbucks go. Never could get the simplest of orders...
View ArticleStarbuck’s Regular
She was bawling. Right there in Starbucks. In front of God and everybody. Just down the road from Nashville, in the Bible Belt, where people are loving and generous and not prone to let others cry in...
View ArticleBaptists and Bass Fishermen
I was sitting there, minding my own business, not bothering nobody, when this fellow in madras plaid shorts walks up and asks, Mind if I sit here? He pointed to the couch across the wicker table from...
View ArticlePedicures and Pumpkin Lattes
Did you know, that at $4.75, seven Pumpkin Spice Lattes cost you about $35. Maybe you’re at Starbucks right now, fueling up before a Saturday afternoon pedicure. That pedicure is going to be another...
View ArticleAbout Emily Letts & that Abortion Video
Writing about the pros and cons of abortion always makes me feel like a hypocrite. How can I possible advise others when I know how wrenching and personal such a decision can be? On one hand I...
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