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About Me

For years Iâ€™ve been in the habit of people watching. I carry my notebook everywhere. Sketch what I see. With words instead of lines.
The man who wears the dirty Oktoberfest t-shirt to let everyone know he went to Germany 13 years ago. He never did anything else. Not in his whole life. But he went to Germany. And he drank beer. Once. I drew him.
I drew a man with heavy jowls. Blue suit. Red tie. Explosives expert in the 2nd War. Before he became a preacher. His voice was soft. It rolled like thunder. The slow kind that lets you know somethingâ€™s comingâ€¦but not yet.
I drew a woman with six children. Her husband left her. Her boyfriend didnâ€™t want her but he let her support him. He was hungry and she was fat. She loved her children. They hung from her. The weight of them made her short.
I draw people at a glance. If their lives are anything like I imagine I never know. Itâ€™s better that way. They are my peoples. They are who and what I want them to be for my fiction. I have books and books full of people. Ready to come to life. When I need them.
I draw with words. Sometimes Iâ€™m a bit long winded.
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My Interests

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I am from country roads, Crisco and my grandfather's violin. From the shadow on the wall. The smell of wood and rain. Grape crape myrtles, rhododendrons and muddy water.

I am from Sunday afternoons and farmers. From Sullie, Virgie and Boo. The storytellers and the hand wavers. The hush and the holler.

I am from tent arbors and cathedrals. 'Down by the river' and myrrh.

From Rock, West Virginia. Mountaineers and Miners. Dumplings and beans.

I am from Pa - who saw the mountain fall. From my brother - and a broken neck.

I am from my grandmother's wardrobe. A book of gold and red. Of were and is and ...

Donâ€™t forget.

I'd like to meet:

Morgan Freeman, Harper Lee and Conan O'Brien.

Music:

* The Raconteurs * The White Stripes *John Lee Hooker *Jose Vanders *David Fonseca * Otis Redding * Freddie Mercury * The Maccabees * Mika * Paige Wood * U2 * John Legend * Imogen Heap * Regina Spektor

Television:

* The Office * Dax Flame * Family Guy

Books:

* Flannery O'Connor Short Stories * As I Lay Dying * To Kill a Mockingbird * Never Let Me Go * White Teeth * Lolita * Light in August * Atonement * I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings * On Beauty * A Passage to India * War and Peace * The Color Purple * A Room of One's Own * Les Liaisons Dangereuses * Music for Chameleons

My Blog

nothingness

I should be in bed, because I'm about five miles past exhaustion. But I'm watching some sort of Fox News. Idol just went off, the remote is on the other sofa, and I'm too lazy to get up and get it. A ...
Posted by Buffy Holt on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:47:00 PST

i keep humming eye of the tiger...

Mal is long and lean and (Good grief, I sound like a George Jones song&) and makes everything look effortless. Marie is like a little Tasmanian devil. She moves faster than any non-Olympian has a righ...
Posted by Buffy Holt on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 08:40:00 PST

bullets and dynamite and dead men in davy

We were in Iaeger at The Hollywood Dairy Bar. A diner-type joint on the shoulder of Route 52 in McDowell County, West Virginia. Pa was talking about hot dogs and how ’you can’t beat &rsqu...
Posted by Buffy Holt on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 04:48:00 PST

where i come from...

Last night I was having a conversation with a young woman who is bright beyond her knowing. We took a ’How Dumb Are You’ test and talked feminism. Only we didn’t call it feminism bec...
Posted by Buffy Holt on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:19:00 PST

hitler hair and other stuff

I haven't blogged much this week because the monitor makes my face hurt. I'm obliged to attach myself to it for five hours, most days, but more than that I haven't the heart for. Sinuses are causing t...
Posted by Buffy Holt on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 08:32:00 PST

the gift of fear

I've given away over a dozen copies of Gavin de Becker's book, The Gift of Fear. If you know me, and I haven't bought you one, I've probably lent you mine or told you to go get it. Now. I first fell ...
Posted by Buffy Holt on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 06:51:00 PST

photos

My old lap top is ready to give up the ghost. I'm trying to salvage all the photos hidden on its hard drive. Here's a taste......
Posted by Buffy Holt on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 08:21:00 PST

medical billing. the nhs takes on america.

In the UK I go to my GP just by calling up in the morning and attending the office sometime later in the day. His time and advice are free. If he writes me a prescription I get it filled for something...
Posted by Buffy Holt on Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:19:00 PST

shoo fly shoo

Chris and I after a few rounds of "Skip to My Lou". Complete with the singing and the snorting (which invariably accompanies any thing we sing) and the skipping past people who clearly think we're jus...
Posted by Buffy Holt on Sat, 22 Dec 2007 10:43:00 PST

farmer. from way back.

I like this photo. A lot. You should like it too. ...
Posted by Buffy Holt on Wed, 12 Dec 2007 10:24:00 PST