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. …
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Ta-Da! My New Home Studio
After having pumped it up, I hope it isn’t a let-down to those who have been waiting to see it, …
Wrapping Up 2017, Embracing New & Old Loves
Discovering New Loves – Painting 2017 was the year I revealed my newly discovered passion for painting, and dared to …
Artists & Writers in Their Studios
I’ve been collecting images of artist studios and writing spaces as inspiration for creating my own art/writing workspace. Some of …
Touching & Being Touched, Why We Blog
“The function of language is not to inform but to evoke . . . responses.” So writes Jacques Lacan, …
Making Room for all My Loves – Music, Art, Writing
A year and a half ago I blogged about Learning to Play (Again) and wrote this I played piano as …
How Art Intensifies Life – Robinson on Writing, Metaphor, & the Sacred
I came across this interview with Marilynne Robinson, who is one of America’s finest living writers, in an old edition …
“Wondrously Strange,” Our Crossing to the Marquesas
I was reading from some of my old sailing journals when I came across this entry. It captures …
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 …
5 Years Blogging from the Edge of the Wild
I began this blog five years ago, in July 2012. It’s been a wild ride, and I’ve loved every minute …
