Fading light buttered the ridges until shadows licked them clean and they were lost to nightfall.
Never. Never ask for what ought to be offered.
The opening novel of the 'Bayou Trilogy' was the first one I finished.
I said shut up once already, with my mouth.
When I left Iowa, I definitely never wanted to stand in front of a group of academics again and see if they approved of me. I made up my mind to take my work to the actual reading public.
Pine trees with low limbs spread over fresh snow made a stronger vault for the spirit than pews and pulpits ever could.