Carolyn Kephart, Her Blog

Thanks to everyone who read the first installment of my sojourn in Taiwan. Part One described culinary adventures; this entry will explore t...

Note: Click the photographs twice for the biggest view. Part Two is here . I've been busy since my last entry. This was the most trav...

It's mango mochi. It can only be mango mochi. Disregard the garishly-hued whole items on the plate and contemplate the cut-open white on...

Chilly, chilly winds blowing Lovely spring coming soon I wear my body like a caravan Gipsy rover in a magic land Misty mountains where...

Update: Since the writing of this entry, The Kind Gods has become one of my most popular stories at Smashwords, with many thousands of downl...

INTERVIEW : I'm now among the featured authors at Spad's Literary Potpourri , a delightful blog bringing its fortunate readers ...

When I give a dinner, my favorite time is afterward. The above photograph was taken during one of those relaxed intervals. The weather was s...

Music, when soft voices die, Vibrates in the memory. ~Shelley Recently, a discussion board I frequent asked its members what sorts of music ...

Note: The story referred to in this post is "Everafter Acres," published by Luna Station Quarterly and free to read at my website ...

Napoleon's mother wasn't an optimist. Whenever people congratulated Madame Mère on her imperial son's success, she would simply...

The passage of time should have its celebrations.  I took this picture at a local grocery last week:   Links to my writing, including previo...

For a long time I've kept, in addition to my journal, a list entitled Where I Was, distilling the events of a given year into a paragrap...

(Information about my other writing can be found  here . Happy reading!) Among the many things that awe me, John Milton's writing is hig...

Tomorrow marks the autumnal equinox, officially the last day of summer. For the past many years I've viewed the event with regret eithe...

(Note: information about my other writing can be found  here .) I enjoyed writing Last Laughter so much that I'm thinking of more short...

I'm happy to announce the publication of my short story 'Last Laughter,' now appearing in the current issue of Silver Blade Fant...

In the Byzantine calendar, September 1 is the beginning of the new year. Since I was born on that date, I always (or at least since I became...

One of the most macabre yet sincere compliments I've ever received came from a friend about half my age who read my books soon after the...

This last month of summer makes me want to hold on to the heat and never let it go. The inevitability of another year's demise makes me ...

(Note: information about my other writing can be found  here .) I'm ferrying over the last of my Amazon posts here like Robinson Crusoe,...