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This is my first novel, and it is a story of a woman’s encounter with the power of fate, her subsequent choices, and the consequences. This fictional tale is based loosely on the real life tragic story of my husband's natural mother, whose children were taken from her and placed for adoption during the early 1940's. I only wish her true story could have had the happy ending The Velvet Bridge does. Excerpt
Poems
Ancestral Memorials
The Ballad of Captain Willeford
William Fox
Friddle Pioneers
Poetic Remembrances
Human
Sacrifice
A
Narrow Window
In
a Dream Recently
Eve
in Bloom
Locks
Old
Love Letters
Whispers from Another Grandmother
Sweet Memories
Misplaced
Remedy
World’s
Sweetest Man
A
Sweetgum Tree
My
Rolling Pin
Forgive
the Grandmothers
Forgive
the Grandfathers? How Can We Not?
On
the Banks of Running Creek
More Poetic Musings
Most Especially Yours (Birthday Poem for Shannon)
The
Old Homeplace
Union
Baptist Church
Sister
to Sisters
Riches
Some
Women
Mother
of Pearl
All
the Fine Points
A
Poetic Woman
Paper
Dolls
Thirty
Miles from Nowhere
Tomorrow’s
Afterthought
Therapy?
This
Old House
Mother and Me
Maternal Trilogy
Yet Unspoken
Our Grandchildren
Perfection
Soul Flight
The Pathway
I’ll Always Be
Peggy and Me
Deepest Blue
My Awards
EAST TEXAS WRITERS GUILD
2008 NON-FICTION ARTICLE AWARD
First Place Winner
Mother-in-Law: For Better or
Worse
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EAST TEXAS WRITERS GUILD
2007 FICTION AWARD
First Place Winner
Sara's Secret
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WILLIAM OWENS AWARD FOR FICTION
1993
First Place Winner
Paper Dolls
Short Stories
In PDF Format
April's Fool?
Dub's Loss
Sara's Secret,
First Place Winner in East Texas Writers Guild 2007 Contest
The Last Ovalian
Singing Locusts
Death of A Waitress
Burgers
and Blue Neon
Mother of The Groom
Hospitality
A Full Grown Man
Articles
Mother in Law/Daughter in Law
First Place Winner in East Texas Writers Guild
2008 Contest
Mark, An Autistic Adult
Sixty-Five, Already?
Christmas Trees
Sycamore Trees Make Me Lonesome
Where Does Love Go
When A Parent Dies
The Stuff We Collect
Thank You, Nick Lowe
ADD, Or What?
There's A Story There
Genealogy: From Roots To Trees
Embracing Big Ideas
Best-Laid Plans
Verisimilitude: Sometimes A Four-letter
Word
Laughter Is A Funny Thing
Reflections of Real Life in Fiction
Women and Children in Need
Lavender Soap Recipe
The Spirit of Poetry
Novel Excerpts
In PDF Format
The Velvet Bridge
The Right Place, Book Two in The Velvet Bridge Series
(in Progress)
The Land Knows, The First Three Chapters
(In Progress)