About Me

Kindergarten, 1966, Mrs. Scott's garden

I was a child of the ’60s (before you nod knowingly, notice that I said “child,” not “teen”) and grew up in rural Copiah County, Mississippi. A true farmer’s daughter. Also a nurse’s daughter. And an only child.

I grew up as a bookish kid, enjoying school. Writing, reading, and laughing are still probably my three favorite things in the world. I’d rather go to a comedy show than to a bar, concert, or other show. I also knit, blog, piddle around with social media (”cbahm” on virtually all platforms), and always look for something new and interesting to capture my attention.

My jobs have ranged all over the spectrum but eventually settled into some form of WRITING. I wear out keyboards the way some people wear holes in their favorite shoes. Here’s a sampling of where I’ve earned a paycheck:

Working the register at a convenience store (first job ever)
Waiting tables (teen years)
Frying chicken at a curb market and working at the college newspaper (college years)
Phone sales for the Rochester Youth Hockey League, door-to-door Kirby vacuum cleaner sales, and J.C. Penney clerk (first jobs out of college)
Reporter, photographer, and editor for various newspapers (Wayne County News, Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Hattiesburg American)
Public relations (University of Mississippi)
Publications department (University of Mississippi, doing the undergrad catalog and more)
Trade magazines (Oxford Publishing: writing/editing for various trade magazines about bars, liquor/beer sales, and restaurants)
Corporate bid responses (FedEx, best company I’ve ever worked for)
Technical writing (FedEx – reference database for Sales professionals)

I’ve got two children – Ginny, who’s grown and gone but still a smiling baby in my heart, and Caitlyn, who’s in middle school and keeps me busy and joyful with soccer, Girl Scouts, band, and more. And one wonderful, supportive, funny, sexy husband who’s my best friend in the world: Harry Dewitt “Dee” Bahm III. My elderly mom has also lived with us since two months after Dee and I married in 1994. (Did I mention my husband is, in some respects, a saint?)

I’ve been married three times. You probably won’t hear me talk much about my first two husbands because those parts of my life are past, but they were Andrew Wellborn “Andy” Hurt and James Michael “Jim” McCullough Jr. Good men. Just not the right good men for me.

What else do you want to know? I’ve put a few more dribbles of info about me in the “Snippets about Moi” link you’ll see in the top menu bar of this page; check it out. Or contact me. I’ll probably ‘fess up more info if you ask nicely. ;o)