We had movie club on Friday night and showed The Girl in the Cafe–which Dan and I had seen before and loved. If you’ve ever seen Bill Nighy in anything (Love Actually is one of Dan’s and my favorites), or Kelly MacDonald in anything (she was Josh Brolin’s wife in No Country for Old Men), […]
Miniature Fairy Gardens & Fairy Hats
Liliana and I have just mailed a box of acorn caps to my friend Clare and her daughter, Isabelle, to use as fairy hats (or whatever other clever devices they come up with!). Which has started me thinking about what special projects I should do with Liliana this summer, because as all you Northerners know, […]
Banana Pancakes
Apologies to those of you who were hoping for a recipe due to the title of today’s post, but hopefully you’ll leave happier than before. Dan and I have always loved this song–the laziness of it, the wishfulness of it. Lounging around, eating banana pancakes, pretending it’s the weekend, which as you know, it’s not, […]
Knitting
I’ve said it before, but I long for the day I’ll have a little time to pick up knitting needles again. Seriously, it’s like finger yoga. Last night, Dan and I had a splendid time sitting and talking out on the deck, kept warm by the roaring fire. We came in as the sky darkened, […]
If You Want to Write
Last Thursday evening, at my Rochester Art Center reading, a woman asked, “When did you start calling yourself an author?” It’s a good question, one that, I’m sure, every artist asks him- or herself. Does the label come with the simple act of writing? Do you accept the label when you’ve become published…or won an […]