Transcript: “Pretty babies, bella babies, how are you today?” My grandmother singing to her African violets was better than an alarm clock on summer morning when I was a kid. She would hold a mister or watering can in her deep olive hands and pet the u...

  Transcript: It’s the first color association most of us are taught: red means stop, and green means go. (According to the movie Starman, and most drivers, yellow means ‘go very fast,’ but that’s another story.

Transcript: Yellow has never been my favorite color. I know it’s supposed to be a happy color, and I’m told it really warms up kitchens, especially, but I’ve never been fond of it. It might be because I have just enough olive in my skin tone that,

  Transcript: Just inside the front door of my house, partnered with an antique writing desk, is a red leather wing chair. The seat is more than a little bit saggy. There is a large slash in the leather on one side of the chair.

  Transcript: It’s no secret that I’m something of an amateur foodie. I love exploring the foods of different cultures, and trying new recipes. There are some kinds of food I always come back to – certain kinds of sushi (unagi is my ultimate favorite),...

Show Notes Christmas at Mission City Coffee I recently published a book of holiday essays, The Bathtub Mermaid: Tales from the (Holiday) Tub. This is one of the pieces – an essay about an impromptu coffeehouse concert.

Show Notes On Crayons Audio essay loosely based on a 2002 blog post (of my own) about Crayons. “I think the names of colors are at the edge, between where language fails and where it’s at its most powerful.” ~A.S. Byatt.

Show Notes Turnabout – A Conversation with MissMelysse For my last entry of the 2015 edition of the Dog Days of Podcasting, my good friend Debra Smouse turns the tables and asks me the same questions I’ve asked everyone else.

Show Notes A Conversation with KM Writer, poet, crafter, and purveyor of awesome body projects – we’ve never met in person, but she’s a friend nevertheless. Credits Music Music for this episode was provided by Mevio’s Music Alley,

Show Notes A Conversation with Nuchtchas Artist, podcaster, fellow bacon afficionado, Nuchtchas and I spent an hour mostly answering the ten questions everyone gets asked. Credits Music Music for this episode was provided by Mevio’s Music Alley,