I’ve been busy writing. For other people. In between my endless trips to the grocery store, loads of laundry and cooking, I’ve been looking for the truth in what someone else wants to say — and nailing it down with graphite. (I always write by hand, first.) Without giving it away… I can give you [...]
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Last spring a national magazine asked me to write a full cover article on gardening — and also wanted to buy my photos. I finished the article, sent the photos, survived the edits, and made it through all the publishing hoops. Finally, they sent the bluelines — the atachments are still in my email box. [...]
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I sent an email off to my Dad today to share some crushing sad news that makes me just want to throw in the towel, cry uncle, and say, I’ve had enough. His response: Well I guess that just made a gloomy day worse. I am so sorry. I know that doesn’t do much to [...]
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Where the Wild Things Are is only one of Maurice Sendak’s books. Higglety Piggelty Pop! or There Must Be More To Life was published in 1967 by Harper Collins. In this picture “chapter” book, a dog, Jennie, is looking for “experience” so that she can join the theater, so she decides to become a baby’s [...]
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Dad took off with my camera, and all four boys, to go trekking through the woods this morning. They all went, kicking and screaming out the door. And my husband captured this best shot. Well done, lovey. I stayed behind and wrote, and wrote and wrote. A three-hour, uninterrupted stretch of time is virtually unheard [...]
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Twelve reasons why I’m writing a novel in 30 days , via NaNoWriMo. To respect authors of other books; especially the writers of books that compel me to say, “I could have written that.” To remember what I’ve forgotten: writing cures amnesia. Cures procrastination. I find myself willing to do anything, including “clean out the [...]
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