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Leaving Home, Portals and Thresholds
After a fabulous thunderstorm last weekend, the weather quieted and more rain arrived, a rarity in August. Be still my grateful heart. I’ve even kept my windows open all day a few times. I’m gardening in the mornings and battling moles–and if I might add, they are worthy adversaries. During the last heat wave I […]
Read the rest of this entry »You could be writing the book that changes your life. The spark could be starting a fire for you as well. You don’t know, and you can’t know. That is the thrill of being an artist, of working for yourself, and of telling the stories you want to tell. Don’t give up. ~ Brandon Sanderson
Read the rest of this entry »Blue Sturgeon Moon Wonderings
I was moon gazing last night because I couldn’t sleep so plunked down on my front steps looking up at it’s pearly face and endless mystery. I’d recently returned a manuscript and memo to a client and so my thoughts drifted to her story and characters. And just for fun, I imagined Kate the protagonist […]
Read the rest of this entry »Secrets are the enduring motor that make fiction run: what you aren’t telling me, what I’m keeping from you, what the neighbors know about the love affair. ~ Rebecca Makkai
Read the rest of this entry »August–how are you going to spend your one wild and precious life?
The Summer Day ….I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass, how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields, which is what I have been doing all day. Tell me, what else should I have done? Doen’t […]
Read the rest of this entry »As this world becomes increasingly ugly, callous and material it needs to be reminded that the old fairy stories are rooted in truth, that the imagination is of value, that happy endings do, in fact, occur, and the blue spring mist that makes an ugly street look beautiful is just as real a thing as […]
Read the rest of this entry »What The New York Times Best Books Missed
Alas, the heat wave continues here in the Pacific Northwest. It was 97 on Tuesday, or doomsday for my sweet peas. They bloomed late because of a cold spell in April and May so made a brief, but lovely appearance this season. If you’ve never smelled sweet peas you’re missing out on a divine scent. […]
Read the rest of this entry »Best Books of the 21st Century???
Dawn is shouldering in here bringing another day of hot weather. It got up to 105 this past week. If you live in North America you might be in a similar hotbox. But I managed to escape to the Oregon coast for a few days of bracing Pacific air. As in temperatures in the 50s […]
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