In The Flow of Time – December 21, 2024 So here I am, writing away. This chapter has had some changes, you know, pirates. I added a scene at the end, how Mom, Grandma, and the aunt react to Robinette’s arrest. They’re wondering what they can do about it. Marie,… Continue reading
In The Flow of Time – December 20, 2024 Those damn characters! Sometimes it is awesome how they take over. There were pirates in New Orleans in the early 1800s. Odds are really good you’ve heard of Jean Lafitte (spellings vary). Lafitte ran a significant operation from an island in… Continue reading
In The Flow of Time – December 11, 2024 I’m about to start a new chapter in this tale. For whatever meta reason, while I’m doing it I’m watching myself doing it. Something about this chapter seems particularly instructive, so here we go. Writers write. Each of us is unique,… Continue reading
In The Flow of Time – December 1, 2024 FACT: white men had free black women as concubines. While “free” for real, as in not slaves, there is a massive power difference between white men, mostly French planters circa 1814, and young black women. The concubine relationship was called a… Continue reading
