The Truth Tellers: Mary Stavik
It has been my privilege to interview some extraordinary people. Two of those — brave women who told difficult truths— have recently been in the news. I…
Category: Writing & Editing
Saving Graces: Reading, and Compassion
It’s a day for lovers, so I’m republishing a post from New Year’s Eve, which various technical difficulties prevented from distribution at the time. Want to improve…
Right-brain editing. Wait. What?
That your left brain does not know what the right is doing is not news. If the right hand doesn’t know what the left is doing (observe…
Mary Oliver, and Peonies
In honor of National Poetry month, I am dedicating my April blog to the tender and beautiful poem “Peonies,”* by Mary Oliver. As it happens, my own…
Ursula K. Le Guin – The Ending Place
The words of the unquenchable, incomparable Ursula K. Le Guin are among my most treasured possessions. Yes, her books. Of course her books — they occupy two…
A #NaNoWriMo Salute
It is a truth (perhaps not universally acknowledged) that any process that would spawn an acronym like “NaNoWriMo” must be awful. I have, in fact, heard the…
Aunt Emmy’s Recipe
What does pie have to do with learning to write, or practicing Aikido? Welcome to my brain. And read on — you might be surprised! As an…
In memory of Mom, a poetry month p.s.
Okay, okay. So this isn’t a “post-script.” I didn’t actually post a blog last month. Mea culpa! But I do have an excuse: I was too busy…
Can a book be too “good”?
I just read a good book. In fact, I couldn’t put it down. High praise, considering the clamor of the internet, work, cable TV, family life and…
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Saving Graces: Reading, and Compassion
It’s a day for lovers, so I’m republishing a post from New Year’s Eve, which various technical difficulties prevented from distribution at the time. Want to improve…
Right-brain editing. Wait. What?
That your left brain does not know what the right is doing is not news. If the right hand doesn’t know what the left is doing (observe…
Mary Oliver, and Peonies
In honor of National Poetry month, I am dedicating my April blog to the tender and beautiful poem “Peonies,”* by Mary Oliver. As it happens, my own…
Ursula K. Le Guin – The Ending Place
The words of the unquenchable, incomparable Ursula K. Le Guin are among my most treasured possessions. Yes, her books. Of course her books — they occupy two…
A #NaNoWriMo Salute
It is a truth (perhaps not universally acknowledged) that any process that would spawn an acronym like “NaNoWriMo” must be awful. I have, in fact, heard the…
Aunt Emmy’s Recipe
What does pie have to do with learning to write, or practicing Aikido? Welcome to my brain. And read on — you might be surprised! As an…
In memory of Mom, a poetry month p.s.
Okay, okay. So this isn’t a “post-script.” I didn’t actually post a blog last month. Mea culpa! But I do have an excuse: I was too busy…
Can a book be too “good”?
I just read a good book. In fact, I couldn’t put it down. High praise, considering the clamor of the internet, work, cable TV, family life and…