To all you lovely friends of mine in the greater Minneapolis/St. Paul area: You are invited to Eve’s paperback launch party at The Bookcase in Wayzata, tomorrow night (Tuesday night, Feb. 2nd), at 7 pm. I will do a short reading, then you can ask all your burning questions. Anything goes. Yep. I know. You […]
Waterbirds
Thought you’d enjoy this slide show of the various and remarkable waterbirds that Theodore Cross has photographed, compliments of The New York Times. [Cross’ voice reminds me a little of my UCLA professors–very monotone and non-exuberant, but hang in there, it’s still interesting…] Cross photographed many of his birds on Christmas Island in the Indian […]
Love Is All You Need
Years ago, my sister Worthy gave me a card that said something along the lines of, “We can sit around all day, not talking, and I still feel like I’ve had the best conversation.” Has that ever happened to you? Do you know when you’re in the presence of love, acceptance, and peace? The experience […]
Momentum
I’ve been thinking a lot about momentum. You writers out there know there are so many ways to sabotage oneself, and it takes enormous effort to sit, research, read, or write, when the inspiration isn’t there. This is when you must duct tape yourself to your chair. The writing will come; it always does. It […]
Inspiration is Always Around the Corner
I’m a sucker for: Beautiful art Easy DIY projects And when the two can be combined, yippee for me. See the Geometric Floor Puzzle (from Merrilee’s Mer Mag blog) above? It’s sponge-painted hardboard. Perfect for stimulating the imagination…and creating your own lovely piece of heaven. Brilliant, I say! How about Holly’s Chez Beeper Bebe’s Counting […]