Last Wednesday Hanni and I took a commuter train to St. Pius X — a Catholic School in the Chicago suburbs. my nephew Ben’s kids go there, their great aunt came to talk and answer questions for Riley, Haley, Colin and their schoolmates. And then yesterday Hanni and I boarded a commuter train again, this […]
The guy at Logan Airport security recognized Hanni. “Didn’t you guys come through here this afternoon already?” We did. But shortly after our 5:15 flight left the jetway, the storms started in Chicago. So we sat on the runway. It wasn’t until I heard the landing gear come out near O’Hare that I found the […]
Kids – and adults –often ask if Hanni goes right on the plane with me when we travel. She does. On board, she sits with her butt under the seat in front of me, her head cradled between my feet. She’ll be doing exactly that on Sunday, when we fly home from Louisville. Before that, […]
The Sweet Potato Queen was one of the top speakers at the Arkansas Literary Festival last weekend. The Sweet Potato Queen’s’ Book of Love came out in 1999, and two subsequent titles (The Sweet Potato Queens’ Field Guide to Men: Every Man I Love is Either Married, Gay, or Dead and The Sweet Potato Queens’ […]
Hanni and I head to the Arkansas Literary Festival this weekend – we’re doing one session for children, then sitting on a panel called Dogs and Their People. With us on the panel? None other than Sonny Brewer. I first met Sonny Brewer at an Arkansas Literary Festival years ago. I was in Little […]