Musings on wine, food, recipes, restaurants, and other topics
My parents’ cabin just south of Blairsville is giving us great opportunities to check out the wineries around Dahlonega, which are on the way. We just have to be careful because stopping on the way up means we have to go over Blood Mountain, and on the way back we have to be mindful of …
This is the next-to-the-last part of Always a Bridesmaid. The finale will be released next Tuesday just after my Twitter chat with the Penny Dreadful serial fiction site, where all the parts have links. To see the chat, search #thepennydreadful at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Tuesday, April 27. For more flash fiction, search …
Last Thursday’s tasting at JavaMonkey was supposedly going to cover familiar territory: California. The good news is that there are a heck of a lot of wineries in that state. The bad news is that only two were featured at the tasting, Joel Gott, whose website address, www.gottwines.com, made me snicker, and Chateau St. Jean. …
Business is good, so blogging time is scarce. Apologies to the wine people for neglecting you, but there will be some notes up soon, I promise! To read the first parts of Always a Bridesmaid, check out the More Fiction section at my web site. For more flash fiction, search the #fridayflash hashtag on Twitter. …
I need to figure out the rest of Always a Bridesmaid, so here’s a microfiction for your entertainment this week. The Lab Assignment “I don’t get humans,” Debtra said. She lowered herself into the chair in Thurston’s office and crossed one ankle over her other knee. “The torture they subject themselves to!” Thurston checked the …
Cecilia was in Birmingham this week helping her mom recover from surgery. Good news for her mom (plenty of help). Bad news for you folks, because she left me the keys to the Blogger account. In honor of baseball season starting, just think of me as that lightly-used right-hander in the bullpen. This past JavaMonkey …
Almost there! I think this one is going to be 12 parts, at the most. For more flash fiction, most of it self-contained, search the #fridayflash hashtag on Twitter. Always a Bridesmaid, Part 9: Collision Course The bruises from the demon’s death-grip had faded by Monday morning, but Tiffany still felt them every time she …
Note: I had hoped that Hubby would write this one, and that was the original plan, but he’s swamped with work right now. He’ll be covering the next one for me because I’m out of town this week. I’m spending the week in Birmingham to help Mom out after yesterday’s surgery. Hubby and I were …
Still exhausted, but here’s the next installment of my Friday Flash serial Always a Bridesmaid. To read the story to this point, check out the More Fiction page on my website. For some great flash fiction, search the #fridayflash hashtag on Twitter. I’ve already read a few, and you won’t be disappointed. Always a Bridesmaid, …
Dear readers, I went to Chicago last weekend to teach part of a review course for the professional certification I have. Well, it was sort of Chicago. Oak Brook, to be exact, which is about an hour west of Chicago. Alas, I was without a car, and my colleagues weren’t adventurous enough to split a …