I’m reading at the Rochester Art Center this Thursday night at 7 pm, as a part of their Free Thursdays, and again at the Rochester Public Library, as part of their Coffee House Author Series, on Sunday the 29th at 2 pm. If you’re around…and interested, join me in discussing Eve! John from the Rochester […]
Eradicating the Voices in Your Head
As I’ve mentioned before on this blog, I’m smitten with the fact that my daughter, at her current age anyway, is oblivious of what’s cool or what’s hip. Those words have not wheedled their way into her vocabulary (or her wardrobe). In fact, she wore her play bubble-gum-pink tutu out the other day (oh, with […]
The Creative Family
I bought The Creative Family by Amanda Soule a year ago when it came out, and I’ve just pulled it off the shelf again, refreshing my memory of everything I want to do with Liliana. For a peek at Amanda Soule’s lovely, thoughtful, creative blog, go here. For her other projects, click on the various […]
Rilke’s Book of Hours & Dan’s Painting
If you love to read poems that make you gasp slightly, that say something to the deep core of you, you’ll love Rilke’s Book of Hours: Love Poems to God, translated by Anita Barrows and Joanna Macy. It’s no secret I’m a fan of Rilke; in fact I’ve taken my blog name from one of […]
Cheap Thrills
Two days ago, my friend Sara sent me a blog link on how to make brightly colored pasta (you can view Simply Radiant’s very creative site here). Sara’s girls were having a heyday with theirs–making necklaces, sorting them with a tweezers, gluing them onto construction paper. Don’t you remember doing something similar as a child? […]