The Rich and Sensual World of Scent
Lately I’ve become obsessed by scent. Perfume, to be more precise. I seldom wear it, which is why this obsession …
Category Archives: Creative Nonfiction
Riffing on Roses, Beauty Past Knowing
Lately I’ve been playing with roses, photographing them at different stages in bloom, at different times of day, against varied backgrounds, just …
Dancing Through Time and Space, Pinching Ourselves Awake
As you read this, I’ll have flown across the Atlantic and landed in Madrid. I may be strolling through the …
Mothering the World, A Tall Order
My novel From the Far Ends of the Earth is about relationships between mothers and children and all the ways …
Right, at Last, and Wide Open
I’m letting my hair grow out. Like a girl again. It’s past my shoulders already, still mostly brown with a …
“Truth & Love Wins” Redux
I am happy to report that at least in one very narrow slice of life, truth and love has indeed …
Swept Away by the Music of Pat Metheny
I first fell in love with Pat Metheny’s music when listening his seminal album “As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita …
On Mist & Fog, Endless Emerging Forms
I’ve long been drawn to images of fog and mist. Part of it is the feel for the ephemeral and …
“Truth and Love Wins”
This has become my mantra in recent months: ‘Truth and Love wins.” It’s what gets me through the day when …
Naming a Painting, “Like Two Lovers in Conversation”
“Warm and rich, rich and warm, which is which?” Like a mantra, these words echo through my mind as I …
