rgummereAug 11, 20221 minMystery, Memoir, and Meaning!Greetings! I'd be so pleased if you'd follow this link to my first newsletter post on Substack, "Mystery, Memoir, and Meaning," a...
rgummereJul 7, 20224 minThe Storm. Then the Calm.I love a good thunderstorm. I usually go outside and watch it come in, like I did yesterday here in Boone. Thunderstorms in the South...
rgummereJun 28, 20222 minLife Comes At You Fast!I write to you from a hotel room in beautiful downtown Oklahoma City, bound for North Carolina. After taking Roadcinante off the market...
rgummereJun 10, 20222 minMy OPS File Writing is an entirely solitary effort. At the same time, it is also a communal event. Because we writers find out along the way that we...
rgummereJun 5, 20222 minLife Is But a DreamThe writing life is such that one can go through a long, dry spell with no publication, and then have a couple of things to share in...
rgummereMay 31, 20222 minIntersectionsFirst of all, I'm pleased to share with you my Tiny Love Story that appears today in the New York Times. (Scroll down to "A Windy...
rgummereMay 22, 20222 minNeither Here Nor There But BothThinking about prayer lately has drawn me into thinking about liminal spaces. Liminal space is defined as a boundary or a threshold. I...
rgummereMay 10, 20221 minLabor of LoveHonestly, y'all, it took everything I had to finish my Chasing Light memoir, and I'm so danged proud of this book. I feel like I am...
rgummereMay 5, 20226 minHello! I'm On the Move Again!Greetings, Salutations, Wildly Gesticulating Hands! In fact, two moves are currently in slow-motion process. The first: I'll be leaving...
rgummereOct 3, 20212 minThe Week That WasOof. Last Thursday (nine days ago) my sweet Boxer, Beasley Ralph, had a stroke and then a seizure. I thought he was a goner, but folks at...
rgummereSep 20, 20212 minEmerging My Chasing Light memoir is finished and out on agent submission. We shall see what comes of that. I'd be grateful if you'd send some good...
rgummereSep 1, 20212 minMisty MorningsHonestly, you just never know. That is to say, things can happen without warning. I'm currently back in North Carolina, in these...
rgummereJul 5, 20211 minKitchen Table ChatHi, all - here's my podcast interview with Ken Kemp, which really turned out to be more like a long chat with a newfound pal, clinking...
rgummereJun 19, 20214 minWhat I'm KeepingWell, I returned from North Carolina this past Tuesday afternoon, rolling into Albuquerque in Roadcinante, my daughter and son-in-law...
rgummereJun 3, 20212 minHomeward BoundI write to you from a comfy hotel room in Jackson, Tennessee. That's not how it was supposed to go. I got it in my head to car camp the...