As usual, I have had my nose to the grindstone and have had a hard time getting back here. Must! do! better!

But I really didn't want to let all of September go by without talking about this month's issue of Zen Dixie magazine. We've decided to have a theme issue only every three months or so, and the September theme has been "Heroes." As far as I ( Read more... )

That's right. As soon as I heard that the July theme for the Zen Dixie magazine would be "Guilty Pleasures," I squeeeed mightily. Of course I was going to write about how anime was really written for adults, despite the silly ones. Ha ( Read more... )

In Anecdotal Evidence, the editor of Zen Dixie magazine, Jas Faulkner, recalls a magical evening in Memphis in May of 1989. The headliner that night, at what was then known as the Beale Street Blues Festival, was Ray Charles. The only problem was...it was raining steadily. Would Jas miss this chance of a lifetime, to see and hear the great man? Or ( Read more... )

In the wake of both Boston and West, Texas, read Jennifer's very thoughtful essay about how to maintain your chilid's innocence and at least a modicum of your own idealism. See I'm the Mom in May's Zen Dixie magazine.