Anything you ever make that matters takes a long time. Some artists never see their work in front of an audience, so for them 15 years is a blink of ….

The Wise County Bookmobile is one of the most beautiful sights in the world to me. When I see it lumbering down the mountain road like a tank . . . I….

A library is a home filled with our stories. On every shelf, we see ourselves, experience our collective conscious, describe our dreams and our grea….

Energy has to be fed from a source. If you don't feed the source, it dissipates entirely.Same is true of liking a boy. If you cut off the thoughts, i….

Having a purpose is the little secret of the nonpretties. Something to do always beats something to look at..

When a girl is beautiful, she gets to pick - she never has to wait for someone to choose her..

Pomegranate Soup is glorious, daring and delightful. I adored the Iranian sisters, Marjan, Bahar and Layla, who are looking to build a life, start a….

But a child's joy is doubled for the mother, and the sound of her son's laughter began to her heart, a feat she had never believed possible.

Love has a funny way of showing up when you aren't looking for it and didn't plan on it..

If there is one thing I hope my books do always and forever, its that they honor working people..

Writing comedy is the greatest spiritual gift you can give to anybody anytime..

The most precious research to me came from the paperwork filed on behalf of my grandparents and great-grandfather. The ship's manifest showed that th….

Mama always said a good family has one heartbeat. No one knows you like the people you live with, and no one will take up your cause to the outside w….

A handwritten letter carries a lot of risk. It's a one-sided conversation that reveals the truth of the writer. Furthermore, the writer is not there ….