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Blue Valentine
Inspiration for Buck’s sister Thankful Crenshaw (and what a delightful dress!) La Parisienne by Renoir
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Look Mom! No seatbelts or sunscreen!
Writing about children can get far too sweet and fast. Does anyone ever like a tv program where the little neighbor with a blonde bowl cut speaks? But real kids are far more interesting if you give...
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Meritocracy in a Fallen World–A Spelling Bee
Recess at Noontime–Winslow Homer Spelling bees can be fun sport for smart-minded chums, but what of the poor souls without talent? Let’s join William Weldon at the beginning of book two. After a head...
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A Snowball Fight Gone Very, Very Wrong . . . In Steps the Hero
As I’ve mentioned before, Katherine Weldon was first supposed to be this head-strong, annoyingly modern, independent woman who goes off to “save” the Indians. Didn’t happen–sorry Angelina Jolie...
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Happy Blood Clots
Sometimes you get thrown a bone. Thank God for severe blood clots that lead to almost death. When you lie there bleeding and feeling so weak that you don’t really care too much about dying your mind...
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Stacks on Deck, Patron on Ice . . .
Pierre Auguste Cot– Spring 1873 My cousin was once discovered in my Uncle Sonny’s bed naked. Her boyfriend Al stood hiding in the closet until my uncle dragged him out of the house and on to the stoop...
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In the Beginning . . .
Chapter One: John Weldon’s head throbbed as he focused in on the strange man standing above him. “Sergeant Weldon, one day soon you will be free of all pain and medication,” the doctor said as he gave...
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Buck tries on Christianity and Thankful’s in a family way . . .
Book Two: There are the people who like Star Trek: The Next Generation and those who prefer the original (I only enjoyed Deep Space Nine). I’m torn, but I think I like my next generation of characters...
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When One Drink Leads to Another . . .
Note bemused wife on porch. Courtesy of HCV How could young William Weldon help it? His Uncle Simon was a drinker and his father was, well, a morphine eater (but don’t tell anyone that). In my...
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Crime and Punishment, a tortured chicken and street kids as inspiration
Have I ever mentioned that my character, Buck Crenshaw, has a twin named Fred? ( I’m interested in twins). Fred is a spoiled alpha male and Buck is the adoring sidekick for most of his childhood. My...
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A Christmas Card For A Soldier
“A green wrinkled sheet of thick card in his empty money pouch caught John Weldon’s eye. He pulled it out between his two long fingers. Hand-drawn timorous trees in black ink dressed the card’s...
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FICTION: Two Roads Diverge In The Snowy Woods
The road less traveled isn’t always a good one. Buck’s parents stayed at the Hotel Thayer during his recovery. After a week Margaret had the look of a child kept in at recess. “Graham, won’t he ever...
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FICTION: The Holidays Are Awkward
Margaret Crenshaw and her obnoxious son Fred do their best to keep things uncomfortable when they visit with old friends. For Buck, still in shock over his brutal treatment of a West Point cadet, the...
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Meritocracy in a Fallen World–A Spelling Bee
Recess at Noontime–Winslow Homer Spelling bees can be fun sport for smart-minded chums, but what of the poor souls without talent? Let’s join William Weldon at the beginning of book two. After a head...
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I Want to Ride my Bicycle!
The New Girl by Sally Mitchell (great book) A confession–I home-schooled my daughter for less than a year. ( I also got donkey basketball cancelled at our town school–but that’s for another day)....
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Blue Valentine
Inspiration for Buck’s sister Thankful Crenshaw (and what a delightful dress!) La Parisienne by Renoir Tagged: Art, Blue Valentine, Buck Crenshaw fiction, Fashion, Inspirational, Painting, Renoir
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Fiction: The Watch
William travels to Camp Grant to return Thankful’s watch (pawned to a worker at the stables by Haviland). “He’s intoxicated, the thief, and should be left to wander the desert,” Baker, the preacher’s...
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