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My Lovely Grandmother

Here’s a picture of my lovely ninety-six year old grandmother from earlier today (courtesy of my aunt). Grandma Jane can’t always remember my name, but she still smokes, flirts, drinks scotch, wears a beautiful manicure,… 

Merry Christmas, friends!

Joy to the world. And candy canes, and eggnog, and brightly lit trees … Merry Christmas, friends! Melissa Studdard is on Facebook and Twitter. She writes on Johntext Texas. Visit her personal homepage www.melissastuddard.com and… 

Share A Poem With You

because meals are memorials that teach us how to move, history moves in us as we raise our voices and then our glasses to pour a little out for those who poured out everything for… 

A Talk With Jacqueline Sheehan

RJ Jeffreys: Please join my dear friend and consummate interviewer, Melissa Studdard, tonight from 7 – 7: 30 PM EST, for a talk with writer and psychologist Jacqueline Sheehan. They’ll be discussing Sheehan’s emotionally-riveting work,…