My Writing
My words are a way to preserve what time and progress threaten to erase: a simpler, perhaps harder life filled with quiet wonder.
From a childhood spent reading on long school bus rides to a life spent teaching literature, stories are a part of me. Here, you’ll learn about my memoir in progress, my essays and reflections, and glimpses of a disappearing world alive in memory and in a present-day family farm.
It’s in progress, y’all!
A memoir of family, land, and legacy.
At its heart, my memoir in progress is a love letter to the land and family that shaped me.
In these pages, I return to my family’s small tobacco farm and weave together a narrative of childhood’s hard lessons and of a family enduring challenges. It’s a story of resilience, belonging, and sometimes difficult ties between people and place.
The seeds of this memoir were planted long ago in the fields where I grew up working, laughing, struggling, and dreaming.
In recent years, as I’ve watched farmland and crops give way to more and more housing developments, I am called to capture my memories and write of a fleeting way of life that needs to be remembered.
Notes from home
— My blog, essays, and other writing.
Notes from home is where I share personal essays, reflections on rural life, stories from my memoir journey, and perspectives on preserving, maintaining, and sustaining my family’s farm.
Each piece invites you into a world shaped by crossroad country stores, old homesteads, and the enduring spirit of the South.
Join me on this journey.
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