Nov 19, 2025
November 17, 2025 – In Chapter 16, a new personal essay on my experience bringing Holy Communion to my mother-in-law in the months prior to her passing. Read more at Chapter 16, a Publication of Humanities TN.
Sep 21, 2025
This personal essay was first read at a Howlin’ After Dark event at Howlin’ Books in Nashville and then published in 2018 as part of a self-published essay collection titled Guinea Bastard. It has not been published online before. Hope you enjoy! She got...
Jun 16, 2025
June 16, 2025 – In America Magazine, an essay/reflection about the blessings that come with encouragement. Read more in America Magazine.
May 21, 2024
May 2, 2024 – In the Summer 2024 issue of Tennessee Home & Farm, a reflection on summer reading and the places books take us — and take us back to — long after we’ve put them down. Read more at TN Home and Farm Magazine.
Nov 15, 2023
November 13, 2023 – In Today’s American Catholic, an essay/reflection on a prayerful communication technique used by Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, as detailed in a letter from the saint published in Pietro Di Donato’s 1960 biography, “The Immigrant...
Mar 16, 2023
March 16, 2023 – Note: The following essay was first read at a Howlin’ After Dark writer’s night at the now defunct Howlin’ Books in Nashville in May 2015. It appeared as a blog post on a previous version of this website soon after, and was...