Month: April 2021

Wait a minute! After publishing that last post I realize I never officially announced my new book! Last week (March 23) I celebrated the release of my 6th book and first volume of poetry. One Thousand Yellow Butterflies is a collection dedicated to the memory of my mother, Okla Chatman Kenely, who passed unexpectedly 10 years… Continue reading One Thousand Yellow Butterflies Released

Sometime around my 12th or 13th birthday I began dreaming of being a writer. That dream was prompted by my love of books. I was surrounded by them. There were stacks and stacks of books everywhere in our home. On bookshelves, in boxes. Literally everywhere: math textbooks (my parents were high school math teachers), yearbooks, Bibles, encyclopedias. My… Continue reading Little Girl Dreaming