Writing
How to Keep Blogging When You’re Not Feeling It
Not so great at keeping up with your blog lately? Yeah, me either. When you’re in the rhythm of blogging and…
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Writing
What Scares Me about Facebook Live
Technology does not stand still. Practically every day, there’s a new hot thing that promises to change our daily lives, revolutionize…
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Localist
Two Minimalists and the Localist Walk into a Bar …
If you haven’t been tempted by minimalism yet, you probably know somebody who has been. Maybe they read The Minimalists blog,…
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Books
Southern Living’s Best Books: My Favorites
Writing a year-end best-of list is kind of a love-hate assignment for me. I love it because, well, it’s a list…
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Books
The Boat Rocker by Ha Jin Review on BookPage
I really disliked this book at first. The main character seemed irritating and petty to me. I like I was being…
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Books
A Gambler’s Anatomy by Jonathan Lethem Review on BookPage
I reviewed this novel from Jonathan Lethem for BookPage, and to be honest this was a tough one for me to…
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Books
Crosstalk by Connie Willis Review on BookPage
This science fiction story that I reviewed for BookPage was a lot of fun to read. It’s kind of about social…
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Alabama Voters: Today’s the Last Day to Register!
Today's the last day to register to vote in Alabama in order to make it in time to vote in the…
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Localist
It’s Gilmore Girls Day, and Luke’s Diner Is Local to Birmingham
Any dedicated Gilmore Girls fan already knows that Netflix is set to release brand-new episodes of the series on November 25.…
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