Walking Each Other Home – Why We Write
I’ve reread my novel after being away from it for well over a year. I did so with some trepidation. …
Category Archives: My Writing
The Pieta & the Writer’s Palette, Redux
It’s been said that for writers the blank page is our canvas and words our paint. But I don’t think …
My Art or My Novel. Which Would You Choose?
Someone asked me recently what I loved more, my painting or my writing? Or, she added, is that like trying …
Into the Flow, Bringing the Mountain Top into Market Place
Have you ever felt being in the flow of things? That optimum experience that many athletes and artists feel when …
Hot Hills in Summer Heat, Revised
“I watch them every summer, the hot hills crouched like a lion beside the road, tawny skin pulled taut across …
“Looking for Bobby,” or Losing & Finding Ourselves
May is short story month, and in celebration I’m posting a short story I wrote years ago and published in …
Downward into Darkness on Extended Wings
Wallace Stevens’ poem “Sunday Morning” ends with these lines: We live in an old chaos of the sun, Or old …
More on “The Writing Life” with Annie Dillard
One of the things I love about Annie Dillard’s book “The Writing Life” is how it addresses both the drudgery and …
The Slant of Afternoon, Playing with Light
A notebook full of poetry I had worked on for years has disappeared. Vanished. Many of the poems I never …
Writing on Writing – A Writing Process Blog Hop
Writers love to write about writing. It’s not surprising. It’s our passion. So when I was invited to participate in …
