If you've been following my blog for very long, you’ve met Cousin Ollie by now, and for those of you who haven’t, well, you don’t know what you’ve missed! Ollie is a great guy, beloved by all (and laughed at by many), but a couple watts short of a night light. In Ollie’s last adventure, you found out what an avid Jeeper he is, but it’s not just during hunting season. A couple weeks ago he sucked a bunch of us in to making a run up to the La Sal’s to check out Buckeye Reserv

I recently signed up to teach some night classes on writing. Not sure what possessed me to do that, other than a strong interest in helping new writers skip over mistakes I’ve made, and continue to see others making at conferences and workshops. It’s common to be around new writers and hear someone ask them “What do you write?” to help break the ice and make the Newbie feel more comfortable. And then I watch the Good Samaritan’s eyes glaze over as that Newbie starts at Chapte