I'm tired of being set upon by crazed Christians one minute and unbridled libertines the next. Girls, I'm going camping..

It was no mean trick doing the wiring with those mittens on. But I managed it and crawled out, batting spiders into the shadows. I could hear a thud ….

I come from down south, where vegetation does not know its place. Honeysuckle can work through cracks in your walls and strangle you while you sleep.….

When Mama starts to move across a room, people pay attention. You can never be sure she's not going to grab you by the top of the head to steady hers….

We settled Mama into the wheelchair and loaded her down with both our pocketbooks and a vase of flowers I had picked to present to our host in hopes ….