Always curious as to what another writer says about writing, I picked up Lessons From a Lifetime of Writing: A Novelist Looks At His Craft by David Morrell of First Blood (Rambo) fame. He offers up a lot of hard-earned wisdom—in categories like writer’s block and plotting and structure—if you’re interested. He begins wit the […]
Gems For Your Pocket
From Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting by Myla and Jon Kabat-Zinn. And if you’re lost? Here’s the poem “Lost” by David Wagoner. Last but not least. Have you heard of The Civil Wars? Such a haunting, mesmerizing duo. I can’t get enough of them! May your day be beautiful and fruitful. May […]
Great Inner Solitude
It’s amazing how much time it takes to catch up after hosting a guest (as lovely as my mother was…we did love having her!)–unpaid bills, dirty laundry, thirsty plants, unread books, neglected tasks and errands–so you’ll have to forgive me for a couple of days while I regroup and get organized. In the meantime, I […]
Rilke Poem For Today
Du, Nachbar Gott, wenn ich dich manchesmal You, God, who live next door– If at times, through the long night, I trouble you with my urgent knocking– this is why: I hear you breathe so seldom. I know you’re all alone in that room. If you should be thirsty, there’s no one to get you […]
Spilling Open
Wow. I just finished the most amazing book. I’m eager to share it with Liliana when she’s old enough. I think this would become one of those books that acts as Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret did for teenaged girls way back when. What a relief, what a revelation–when you realize that someone […]