by Ronna | Jun 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
If you, like me, love Katherine May’s books, you may have caught her long-awaited interview on Glennon Doyle’s We Can Do Hard Things podcast this week. I have some thoughts. Katherine May on We Can Do Hard Things The Electricity of Every Living Thing by...
by Ronna | Jul 11, 2022 | Uncategorized
I had an hour to or so to kill before class. I dawdled over lunch, Tuscan white beans in tomato sauce and tomato, onion, and oregano salad with a short pour of cold white wine. The lingering flavors were mine alone, no one to share them with, no one to share the empty...
by Ronna | May 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
A few years ago I published my memoir of growing up as a United Pentecostal preacher’s kid (The Uncomfortable Confessions of a Preacher’s Kid). Its a fairly harrowing tale in a lot of ways and I chose not to sugarcoat my story. I am convinced that no one...
by Ronna | Jul 30, 2021 | Uncategorized
A friend and fellow writer from my former hometown writing group has released her memoir, Straight Enough and I gotta tell you, this book kicked my ass. The lengths we will go to to deny ourselves, the stranglehold of fear and ego, the twisted mindfuck of...
by Ronna | May 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
In my head there is a Venn diagram of rapture cultists/biblical literalists, assault rifle packers/MAGA hat wearers, and the transnational crime syndicate of billionaires. They all come together to support Donald Trump. (FYI, he’s part of the transnational crime...