Archive for June 2018

 .Back of the book It is springtime on Topsail and the waters are murky. Someone is stirring those salty waters and rocking the boats of some Topsail Island inhabitants. When will it stop? She takes you down, oh how she takes you down Oh how she makes you want to scream This momma from hell, …

She’s done boys and girls! THE MERMAID DID IT  is complete. This one was so much fun to write–got a little outside my box this time and oh how I like doing that. A few different twists and turns here, and a little history about the island hidden within the pages. July 6th at Quarter…

Plum Duff–an English dessert–so I like to think of my short stories as fun stuff. The gal on the book is my sister back in the day–and this is our beach, Topsail, Surf City–or at least that is how we used to think of it–ours, because we loved it. My sister is visiting me this…

Blue Fish, huge schools of them can be seen just off shore as they migrate north or south in the spring and fall. Those dark clouds in the water–those are schools of fish–menhaden, blues, mullet and several others can be caught from our shores. The bigger fish follow the smaller fish, ah, the circle of…

beautiful morning, barely a ripple. so inviting I rsvp’d with a dip. cool on so many levels. Found a whelk and sea fan and thought about THE MERMAID DID IT–geez, wrapping it up–re-reading — to tell the truth, I’ve had more fun with this book than any other so far–a little out there–bits of mythology–moving…