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In two weeks, JaxPsychoGeo will be 10 years old. I’ve written 640 stories here in addition to my 21 books. I thought I’d revisit some of the most popular stories from the past decade. The one about Chopstick Charley’s, the oldest Chinese restaurant in Jax, is certainly one of my favorites. It’s the 11th most read story on the site.

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The plan to burn 40 acres of underbrush beside Southside Junior High and Greenfield Elementary School made national news. Neighbors weren’t sure what kids were doing in those woods, but they worried city officials were taking things too far. Ironic that City Council renamed the area for Curtis Lovelace, a conservationist who died young that same year while speaking out against other kinds of fires.

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The way my mother appears in this old photograph is how I remember her best. The inside of our house looked like a 1970s antique shop. I try to see this moment in the moment. I fail, knowing what comes next. If we could sit across from each other, this kitchen table between us, behind our writing machines 40 years apart, what would we say to each other?