Travel tales from far-flung corners of the world, where the serious meets the absurd, and the absurd meets the downright hilarious. Each journey is captured with an eye for detail and a penchant for uncovering the humor lurking in the most unexpected places.

Historical musings, most often rooted in the red clay of Tennessee, where the past lingers like smoke from a distant fire. These pieces sift through the echoes of time, unearthing the stories that shaped the hills and hollows, told with a reverence for detail and a flair for bringing history to life.

Reflections drawn from the threads of my own life, where the personal becomes universal, and the smallest moments often carry the greatest weight. These musings wander through the intimate and the ordinary, told with an unflinching honesty and a touch of poetic flair, as if turning over a keepsake in the palm of the hand.

Stories and verses spun from the marrow of memory and imagination alike-where the lines blur between what was lived and what was dreamed. Here, the everyday is recast in a softer light, and the ordinary is edged with wonder, sorrow, or sly humor. Each piece is offered plainly, with the same clear-eyed candor and Southern cadence that runs through all my writing, yet shaped to catch the glint of the fantastic or the lyrical-like a well-worn coin turned over in the sunlight, revealing something new each time.