Cutting my hair

Well, I found a photo for the heading of this page, but I have to warn you, it's an old one -- last summer I cut my hair (first time in 40 years) to donate to Locks of Love.

I'd been thinking about cutting my hair for a couple of years, but when my good friend, Valerie Mingus Beck, was diagnosed with breast cancer, my mind was made up. Valerie is only 35 years old, and is the younger sister of the girl who was the flower girl in my wedding in 1974. I lit the candles at their mother and father's wedding in 1963, so it's a long-standing family relationship. It actually goes back even farther, as Valerie's grandmother looked after me when I was a baby, and had been my grandmother's close friend. My grandmother died from breast cancer before I was born, so Opal was as close as I got to a grandma.

I've participated in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure several times and it's one of my personal causes.

Anyway, I'll be putting up a new photo as soon as I can get my husband to take one (he still hasn't told me what he thinks of my short hair).

Welcome!

Thanks for viewing my new website and blog. I'll keep you updated on what I'm working on, and where you can find my stories.

I've been working on the revisions necessary for my stories that will appear in Slash & Burn from Sybaritic Press and on submissions to the Arkansas Writers Conference contests. I'll be attending the conference in Little Rock on June 1-2, 2007. Hope to see you there!