Dialogue with Annie Dillard on “The Writing Life”
I read Annie Dillard’s book “The Writing Life” years ago and reread it recently. It was a huge inspiration to …
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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 …
On Herds, Husbands & Riffing on Writing
Serendipity, it’s sometimes called. Those happy coincidences that lead to some unexpected pleasure or insight. Or synchronicity. Those meaningful encounters …
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 …
Selling My Babies. Where’s the Joy?
It’s never the full-blown joy I expect when a short story is accepted for publication. Even when the acceptance letter …
In Limbo, While Live Lambs Burn
I won’t be writing here for awhile. Probably. Maybe. I don’t know. I’ve started several blog posts but can’t finish …
Our Quest for Wholeness – Part II of “Some Tragic Falling Off”
“Duality, difference, and desire presuppose “some tragic falling off” from an original (mythical or otherwise) world of undivided wholeness.” So …
“Taste and see – I am spare”
That age-old question “who am I?” haunts us from birth. We sense we are more than what we seem to …
Cultivating “a mind of winter”
I fell in love with Wallace Stevens’ poetry when I first read “The Idea of Order at Key West” in …
Help Me Celebrate a Writing Milestone
I just finished writing an 85,000 word novel that I’ve been working on the past couple of years. It feels …
