Monday blog
“Lightning makes no sound until it strikes.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. In a flash of light. Everything can change instantly. I was reminded of this fact early this morning when a severe storm moved through our area. My husband has the day off for Juneteenth. We decided to sleep in and had not been …
Photo by Barbara M. Johnson “If you want to understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi.” ~ William Faulkner Home sweet home. I was born in the small town of Columbia, Mississippi. My family lived thirteen miles outside of Columbia in the community of Improve. It was the best place to …
“Grace is the face love wears when it meets imperfection.” ~Author Unknown Do you remember the TNT show, “Saving Grace” that starred Holly Hunter? It aired for three seasons from 2007 to 2010, and I was a faithful watcher. There was always a message to take away. I’ve been thinking often about grace in the …
Petty Officer, Alton Hudson, BM2c, my uncle who gave his life at Normandy. Happy Memorial Day to all! I hope you have been enjoying the start to summer, and I cannot believe it is almost June! For the entire month of May I have been busy working on The Red Chair, my upcoming novel. I …
Art by W.A. Hudson As Paul Harvey would say, “Here is the rest of the story.” I remember listening to Paul Harvey’s, “The Rest of the Story” on the car radio. My mom loved listening to his commentary, so I got to hear several over the course of my adolescence. It has been said that …
May is for mothers, daughters, and The Red Chair. Hello, all! I hope this finds you well. If not, I pray you have a ray of hope shining on the horizon. “We live in anxious times.” These are the words of a dear friend. We were chatting over the weekend, and she admitted that she …
The Conclusion of My Experiences of a Barred Society Bars. I have been sharing of my experiences as a visitor on death row. Today, I will wrap up this topic, but I have a heart for this subject. If you’d like to continue a discussion offline, I would be happy to sit a spell. After …
The Continuation of My Experiences of a Barred Society Prison. It is a tricky subject to talk about much less write about. Most people have very strong feelings one way or the other. Last evening my husband and I were discussing our week ahead. I mentioned that I would be working on part 3 of …
The Continuation of My Experiences of a Barred Society Last week, I started a short blog series entitled, “Bars.” Sorry if the title fooled some of you. As you now know, the bars I am blogging about are prison bars. I wanted to share my experience as a prison volunteer for inmates on Tennessee’s Death …
My Experiences of a Barred Society Bars. What image comes to mind? A place you go after work where everyone knows your name? A scene of friends, laughter, music, noise. Right? For me it conjures up a very different scene. What many do not know about me is that I have spent the last fifteen …
