We are moving in four weeks and instead of diligently placing books into boxes like I’m supposed to, I find myself sitting on the floor smiling down at old photographs and memorabilia. There is a letter I apparently once gave my grandmother. It is written in that sprawling, blocky child-writing – the kind that looks like it’s about to [...]
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A need a vecashon
Posted in Personal on March 18, 2011 | 12 Comments »
Halloween resolutions
Posted in Nature (Seasons), Personal, Writing on October 29, 2010 | 10 Comments »
Halloween nears and I’ve decided to make some resolutions. Why wait for the new year?? 1. I will not be scared by the ghosts of what may or may not be true in the publishing world. 2. I will cackle back at inner witchy voices who say You can’t do that…blah blah 3. I will [...]
Back again
Posted in Personal, Places on August 30, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Well I’m back. And what a grand time was had. It was definitely good to get away from the computer and see new things, breathe new air, and make new discoveries (like Kir Normand, an apéritif made with Normandy cider). On my return I had that brief moment of clarity – you know, that lucidity [...]
Off to France
Posted in Personal, Places, Writing on August 11, 2010 | 10 Comments »
Tomorrow I am off to France! And boy am I excited. Only now that the storm is over do I realize how rough it was the last weeks - being cut off from writing by work. I’ve gathered up the little notes – the little scraps of story fragments I managed to squeeze out. It’s like picking up pieces of [...]