Desideratum Podcast Episode 1 featuring author Mandy Haynes and her story Something More about a little girl named Jewell who sees beauty in small things and who is truly more precious than diamonds and rubies. Mandy Haynes is an author of literary fiction with a southern drawl. Her official tag line is "Hell, we cain't all be saints." You can find her books Walking the Wrong Way Home and Sharp as a Serpent's Tooth: Eva and Other Stories wherever you buy your books.